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Christmas 2022
On Friday we made crepes for breakfast.
The girls baked and decorated birthday cakes for Jesus.
We had two different kinds of pasta for dinner and then exchanged gifts amongst the four of us.
The cakes turned out wonderfully.
Saturday morning we made crepes for breakfast again and awaited the arrival of Grandpa and Grandma Froemming and Uncle John and Auntie Christel.
We picked up lunch once everyone arrived and launched into 'Loaded Questions' and snacks until it was time to get ready for the 4:00 church service.
Holly and I realized we were holiday ying and yang! :-)
We got organized for a few family photos.
Clara made our beautiful napkin rings for Christmas dinner.
On to gifts!
Hey, look who made an appearance and gifted Brynn a gigantic box of fruit snacks. 💜
Brynn took charge of tracking Santa's whereabouts.
We watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Classic!
Ready for Santa.
It said, "You are the most talented person ever. Leave a note!"
He did (leave a note)...and a few crumbs.
Brynn settled in next to the tree, but only for a little rest before she headed down to her bed for the night.
Clara could hardly contain herself and was up at the latest at 6:30...that's the time she arrived at my bedside anyhow. I'm pretty sure she was awake and restraining herself for as long as possible before she came to our room. I held her off until almost 7:00 with her snuggling next to me in bed. The plan was to wake Brynn (which is why I was trying to get her to wait as long as possible), but when Clara went to rouse Brynn, she opted to sleep and said she'd open her gifts later). So, we dug in. I got some goodies in my stocking!
Grandpa, Grandma and Clara made a delicious Christmas morning breakfast of bacon, caramel rolls and pancakes.
This is what you could find Clara doing most of the day today. She and Dana did watch the live action Aladdin movie, but otherwise she powered through three Baby-sitter's Club graphic novels....of which she had received the box set from Grandpa and Grandma.
I had a hankerin' for some fresh air so I bundled up for a walk this afternoon. It had warmed up to about -4 so that seemed ok. It was snowing and looked so beautiful.
I encountered some turkeys along the way.
Feeling a little like a popsicle.
The rest of the afternoon was spent relaxing, more book reading by Clara and the girls made hot cocoa bombs with a set of molds they received from Santa.
We had a wonderful Christmas! We planned out our Christmas Vacation bucket list activities for this next week tonight, some of which include our gingerbread house decorating contest, sledding, ice and roller skating, a visit to the Plains Art Museum, breakfast at Starbucks, morning movie (A Christmas Story) and a reading afternoon. I think that's most of it! We have a few appointments and projects to do in between the fun stuff too.
We're looking forward to celebrating with the Dietz/Weckerly crew next weekend over New Year's.
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Tessa said…
Aw, great times! Your holiday drink looks delicious. You and Holly looked fab! Great family pictures. That's sweet that Brooklyn got to pop over. Elise and Oliver were also on the Santa tracker! He was in South America before Oliver went to bed. Great movie selection for Christmas Eve. Benjamin used to love those "Who Would Win?" books. Brynn's shark sandals are so funny. Love your new coat! Merry Christmas!
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...
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