Christmas Fun Highlights Week #4

Special Breakfast
Kept it super simple this year but still fun! Pancakes, Cool Whip and Christmas sprinkles. Yum!

Christmas Caroling
We headed to Oklahoma for Christmas with the Bohlmanns this year. One of my absolute favorite things to do growing up was go Christmas caroling with the various members of the congregation. It was always fun and made me smile. Since I have the inside scoop with my mom being in charge of all things music at church, she scheduled caroling for the evening we arrived. I was so excited for the kids to get to experience one of my favorite memories. :)







Christmas Eve
We enjoyed our first day at Nana and Papas. We frosted cookies, fed fish (we hope) in the ponds in the pasture, fed cattle and watched Prancer.

Then we headed to another one of my favorites, the candlelight service!
(Pictures all dressed up before and after.)

How many treats does it take to take 20+ pictures with a dachshund looking at a camera. ;)

They got to open one gift that night.

Milk, Cookies and Carrots For Santa and Reindeer

Christmas Day
Presents galore

Amazing Food

Mom made our favorite feast - Brisket and Cheesy Potatoes, which was amazing.
As you can see we had way more dessert than we could handle, and Nana made dirt per Makin's request.
Who says dirt isn't Christmasy???

Wonderful Company

Lorelei actually got sick Christmas Day afternoon, so that did put a damper on our day. She has gotten sick several Christmases so we are trying to figure out if its the stress/travel etc affecting her.

Other Christmas Visit Memories

Christmas Books With Nana

Lots Of Lou Time
(Makin loved going out with Heather for her potty breaks)

Heather Explaining the Physics of Rocket Boosters

Super Special Bunk Beds
(These were ours as kids, they reassembled them and added a guard, complete with Dad's brand.)
The kids had an absolute blast sleeping on them, and took turns on the top bunk.

Sad early goodbyes. There was a huge blizzard in the forecast, so we had to cut the trip in half.
We were very sad we didn't get more time together.
(Top pic is Makin and Nana playing catch with a "snowball" while we were packing up the van.)

Thanks for a beautiful Christmas Mom and Dad! 

And for making us feel so loved when we come to visit!

Miss you!