Snowy Fun

                                                            The girls snowman

                                                      Isabelle checking on her snowman

                                                    Olivia sledding for the first time

Isabelle sledding for the first time.

Jase took the kids out a couple of weeks ago to build a snowman.  They loved it.  They have been peaking at their snowman and singing well mostly doing the actions to "Once There Was A Snowman" every morning.  After their snowman melted, we got another snow storm and Jase took them sledding.  They loved that too.  Next year we will definitely have to go to a bigger hill and actually buy them some snow pants.

Christmas!

A couple of weeks before Christmas Jase's parents had breakfast for all the grandkids and their cousins and Santa came to visit.  They made reindeer pancakes and they each got a santa cup with a straw.  They loved it.  Isabelle absolutely hated Santa.  She screamed the second we sat her on his lap.  It made for some pretty classic pics.

We had such a great Christmas this year.  The day before Christmas Eve we had the Hansen Christmas party.  We are doing Christmas Around the World and this year was Germany.  We learned about German traditions and did the nativity.  My parents also do a fish pond for the grandkids.  I think that's the kids favorite part. 

The girls decorating "gingerbread" cookies

                       Olivia was an angel for the nativity and Isabelle was the cutest little donkey

All my parents grandkids in the Nativity costumes

I wasn't able to make it to the Mortenson Family Christmas party this year because the weather was so bad but we were able to make it to Jase's Grandpa's house for their Christmas Eve party. We came home and tried to get the girls to sleep but I guess the excitement of Christmas was too much for Isabelle and she woke up just after Santa had dropped off her presents so she had to sleep in our bed.  I was also so excited that I woke up every hour waiting for morning.  We got the girls up around 8 and they ran out the the living room and stopped as soon as the saw all the presents sitting on the couch.  They didn't really know what to do until we told them to go and play with their toys.  We played for a little while and then we headed to my sister's house for Christmas Breakfast.  My parents came down after to see the girls presents and then we all took a nice long Christmas nap.  We had dinner with Jase's family that night.

                                                    Olivia's Christmas from Santa

                                          Isabelle's Christmas from Santa (not a great photo)