The greatest time of year!

Wow did Christmas come fast this year! It seems like it was just Thanksgiving!

We did do some traveling this year, even though the weather did not want to cooperate. We planned to travel to Eau Clarie and on to Arkdale Christmas Day. Luckily things worked out just fine. It was fun to see so many, but it the season seems to go so fast!

Christmas Eve

Is spent with Mark's Mom's family at Ross and Rene's in Dresser.

We have an evening get together with lots of good food and fun. It was fun to see the little kids enjoy Christmas so much this year!

Our annual Christmas picture...not too bad, we are all looking!

Madi and her Bitty Baby twins. She loves babies...even real ones!

She was really into opening gifts at Rene's, even the ones that were not hers!

The Johnson cousins. minus Madi....she was not willing to cooperate!


Grandma Ruthie and her children...
Mark, Ruth, Scot and Rene

Grandma Ruthie and Grandpa TJ

The Holmdahl/ Lechman family.

When we got home Kacy and Madi were outside lov'n all the new snow.

It was very beautiful, and how would Santa get to us if we did not have some new snow.



Christmas Morning

It is fun to wake up in our own home and enjoy Christmas morning with gifts from Santa. Kacy was the first one up and she had to wait patiently for the other kids to wake. She did tell Mark and I however how Santa got in our home, due to the fact that we do not have a chimney. I tried so hard to get her to say it on tape, but she would not. It was a riot. I love seeing things through the eye's of a child. It pretty much came down to the fact that Santa shrunk to be very, very small so he can get into our house! Who knows where she learned that!

The kids really enjoyed opening their gifts, I think they were all pleasantly surprised by the gifts they received. Madi seemed to have had enough unwrapping the night before, because she was not into it the same.

The blonde bombers ready for gifts!

The Johnson kids Christmas morn.

Madi was very excited about her new cow ornament.

Kacy and her new Sleeping Beauty doll.

Bret and his new SCF warm up.

Christmas in Arkdale

After stopping in Eau Claire to have Christmas dinner with Ruth's family we headed on to Arkdale to have Christmas with my parents and brother's family. Our travels were uneventful, the road were just wet. We had supper and opened presents with them to wrap up a very busy day. Everyone was very excited to see Baby Ryan, especially Madi, and how much he has grown over the last month.

Nana and Papa with all their Grandchildren.

Their First Christmas as a Family!

Our farm girls with her new combine, Ryan got a tractor.

Bret with his new t-shirt.

We then spent Saturday night with my Dad's family and Sunday with my Mom's family at her house. There was quite a bit of Christmas smashed into one long weekend, but we made it.