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Christmas 2015
This year we celebrated Christmas with my side, but first we had our own little family Christmas at home on Wednesday night. This was the first time we had done it and also the first year our own church in Fargo was having a Christmas eve eve service. So, we ate dinner at home, went to our church service and then opened up our gifts amongst the four of us. It was nice to see the kids open up what we got them since they also get a lot of gifts from our other family members when we're all together on Christmas eve and day.
I hacked this photo off of Facebook, but this was the service at our church.
Brynn was excited to get a new roller suitcase.
New nightgown.
Daycare told us Clara loves the Little Blue Truck book there and so I found the Christmas version to give to her. It has a Christmas tree that lights up at the end.
Clara got a pack-n-play for her babies.
They got a play cookie set together.
Clara also got a car seat for her babies, but has a love/hate relationship with it right now. She wants to use and tries, but it is kind of big for her to carry around and her baby gets stuck in it.
Ugh! The current state of our tree. Top third lit only. Grr. It's going down tomorrow!
On Thursday we headed West since my sister was hosting Christmas eve at her house. First we made a stop at Mom and Dad's and Dana helped them install their new dishwasher. Meanwhile, Brynn was working on a sewing project with Grandma. Brynn thought Grandma's machine was pretty fancy!
Froemming Four at my sister's house Christmas eve.
Reagan, Brynn and my aunt Cindy graciously played some Christmas tunes for us after dinner. It was so fun!
Gift opening time!
The kids carefully selecting cookies for Santa...and Dana photobombing.
Christmas morning the kids opening up their stockings from Santa...
Brynn had a special note from Santa saying he left a surprise at her house in Fargo.
Here was a clue to what the surprise was: a matching nightgown to the one Brynn got from us for an American Girl doll.
Christmas Day we were back at my parents' for more Christmas celebration..
Clara sure buddied up to Grandpa this week.
Being silly with Uncle Chad
Ben checking out Clara's new shades.
Brynn got a hand-sewing kit from Grandpa and Grandma, along with some OneDirection fabric.
A sweet reminder from Brynn. :-)
Trying out Brynn's new Lego Friends set.
Chad and Tessa!
Practicing sewing on buttons.
We also celebrated my Grandma's birthday. Don't mind my horrid singing on the video.
A nice picture of Tessa and me.
"Meowy Christmas!"
"Boxy Brynn"
At about 10:30 pm on Christmas Day, Dad and I decided on a rousing game of ping pong. I'm proud to say I won, but Dad's arm was bothering him, so I suppose I had that to my advantage.
We came back home to Fargo Saturday morning where Brynn found the gift Santa had left for her.
An Our Generation doll! Brynn decided it must be the look-alike type that Santa had told her about.
They actually do look very alike!
Ready for bed in matching PJs.
Today we celebrated Christmas with Dana's mom's side at his parents' house. Brynn and Clara had fun playing with the cousins.
Clara and Reese are about a week apart. They don't see each other very often, but when they do, it's pretty funny to watch them together.
Typical Clara with her tongue out.
I can't get enough of these next two pictures. So cute. Baby toes!
A couple of weekends ago Clara had a very busy, but fun Saturday with her friend Cora and her sister, Violet. The sisters' dad took them to the Breakfast on the Farm near Hawley (We had gone many years ago. Clara was so little, she didn't remember it.) They also stopped at the dirt track races on their way back into town and then Dana met up with them at MSUM so they could go to the oceanarium there. We had never been before, but it was on our "Moorhead List" of fun things to do in the 56560 zip code. So, check! Out on side-by-side rides any chance we get. We parked on Sunset Road, as we've dubbed it, to watch the sun go down. There is usually one or two other cars parked on this low maintenance road whenever we venture down there. Clara into her granny hobbies. :-) We attended the last of this year's graduation parties over the weekend. I went to one in town on Friday night and then Clara and I stopped at Karlie's party near Fergus Falls on our way to Z...
We were able to spend the Fourth at Tamarac again this year, with my sister and her family. We arrived just in time for Brynn to change into her tennis outfit for the boat parade float. Their theme was sports this year. Clara and Oliver caught candy from the dock. This was the first Fourth of July holiday spent at my sister and Chad's own cabin on the same lake that Chad's parents have their cabin. Clara brought my mom one of her favs, Tootsie Roll. We were also celebrating Mom's freedom this holiday...from working on the Fourth! For the past how many years, Mom has had to work the Fourth of July parade back home in Carrington. However, this year as she is preparing to retire and training in her replacement, she gave the parade reins to her successor. It was great to have both Mom and Dad spend the Fourth with all of us together. It was just like old times when we all gathered at Terry and Wanda's for lunch though. I made a new recipe for dessert: red, white and blue c...
Christmas gift wrapping shenanigans: Keeping Brynn company while she wraps all of our Christmas gifts. Brynn and I couldn't help but peek at the 150 Famous Poems book we gave to Clara. So many good ones. Getting into the holiday spirit at Courts Plus. Ha! Christmas eve brunch. Clara's gingerbread house contest strategy notes. Contestants were allowed 20 minutes to shop for their houses at Wal-mart. We left ourselves little time to get ready for the 3:00 Christmas eve service at our church. But, we made it and thankfully didn't have to sit in the overflow area in the chapel! It was a beautiful service. We had bit more time in between church and when we planned to leave for Tessa's, so I mixed up my eggnog and we got the car packed. Tessa's family hosted Christmas eve at their lake home. We had a great mix of people to play a game of Mind the Gap. Getting cookies ready for Santa. Clara got Dana and me up around 7:30 and we watched her open her stocking. I think Dana a...
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Thanks for everything - so happy to have you for the holiday!