Christmas Eve 2005

So, the kids were all excited about Christmas! They could not believe all the presents that they had under the tree! They definitely had gumdrops dancing in their dreams! Grandma Sonja sends the grandkids new pajamas every year for their Christmas eve presents. They were all excited to get to open a present on Christmas Eve... but when they saw that is was pajamas they wanted to open another one. Mom and Dad just laughed and said "Nope, now get into your jammies and get to bed so Santa can come."

Tori has decided that she is too old to believe in Santa. Which I would agree... She is 10 years old. That was about the time that my mom told me that Santa used to be a real person who would bring gifts to people in need, and that his spirit of giving still lives on and that is why parents keep that tradition alive. She alos told me that there have been times when they were not able to give us stuff for Christmas and presents were still there and they had nto bought them. I believe now that it was God, who continuted to provide for us kids, as he does every year that Todd and I have a rough year. God has blessed us many times and will continue to bless us in the years to come. God Bless all of you!!

2005 Winter Musical Program!

Each of the kids were in a musical program this year. Cole and Marcus sang together. Samantha and Gideon sang together and Tori was in the 5th and 6th grade group. The kids had a blast singing the new songs that Mr. Wilson taught them. I heard about this program for weeks on end until the day of the program. IT was held in the High School gymnasium. The turn out was wonderful. The gym was full of parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles supporting all the kids that tried real hard and gave there all.

The first graders had a song called the penguin polka that was absolutely hilarious and a little girl was dressed up in a penguin outfit and danced around the staged area. Tori sang a song with her group called, "Merry Christmas from the Red, White and Blue." I love the fact that we live in a little town that does not get all caught up in the "political correctness" of Christmas and the patriotism that they teach the kids!

It was a wonderful event and hopefully they will do it for years to come!

First Snow in Lind

So many of you know that I was experiencing technical difficulty with the pictures. Well it is just the pictures from the digital camera. All the pictures that we scanned into the computer are fine. I will continue to update the Blog.. Thank you for your patience!

This was the first snow that happened the very begining of December. The kids were so excited! They built a snow man with the help of their friends Luc and Clarivel. The twins had never played in snow before and they were wonderfully excited! Unfortuantely, we have not had any snow that stuck the to ground since. I am glad for that as I don't like driving in the snow but the kids aren't too happy.