Froemmings

 Sunday morning I was getting the hang of my new waffle maker. Clara was getting the hang of her new underwater camera. Behold! Our Christmas Vacation Bucket List: Sunday: It had already started snowing, but we knew it was forecast to get colder throughout the week, so we planned our outside snow stuff for early in the week. We knocked out most of that with sledding, four-wheeler sled rides and a snowball fight. Brynn was busy inside rearranging her room which turned out fantastic. She got all her furniture moved around all by herself. 💪 For dinner we had homemade pizza while we watched The Grinch (animated version) downstairs. We had planned Dad and Clara's slumber party for a different night, but they moved it up to Sunday night instead. Meanwhile, Brynn used her new curling wand set on herself and me. :-) Mine got a little floofy. Ha. Monday: We did our Oreo house decorating contest. Dad and Clara teamed up again. Thanks to all who voted! The winner was....Team Dad + Clara (#3)

Merry Christmas! On Thursday night we celebrated our Froemming Four Christmas with the Christmas Eve Eve service at Hope, followed by opening gifts at home. Dana had to work that day, so the girls baked and decorated a birthday cake for Jesus and we quickly ate dinner when Dana got home before we headed off to church. Friday morning we took off for Hurdsfield, stopping in Carrington for lunch at my parents'.  I got a kick out of this Halloween in ND book my mom had. We attended Christmas Eve service in Chaseley. It was a beautiful service, with Elise playing the piano and Reagan, Ben, Oliver and Clara as part of the Nativity.  We knew it was going to be a bit of a melancholy Christmas this year, missing Grandma Darlene. We didn't know we'd also be missing Shelly celebrating with us as she ended up in the hospital in Carrington. Thankfully, she was released and is back home safe now. Clara had had a loose tooth for a couple of weeks. She was showing me how loose it had gotte