Jade visited Santa before the Holiday festivities began. As you can see she LOVED Santa!
Once again, we were fortunate enough to be able to spend Christmas with both sides of the family. My parents were up from Wyoming and my brother came from Mankato. We spent Christmas Eve at my Uncles with my Grandparents there too. We ate lutfisk as always for Christmas Eve with the Elgin side. Nate actually said it was decent this year and Jade tried it without spitting it out! We opened our gifts there on Christmas Eve. It got to be a late night for Jade so she wasn't totally into the gift opening, but then again she was only 1.
We did not plan the color coordination, but it did make for a nice picture!
Are all these mine?
Jade's pony that Grandma had to let her open...even before dinner!
Christmas Day was spend with the Noland side. We enjoyed opening what Santa left over night. I guess we were all good this year as Santa left something for everyone. Great Grandma Peterson was able to join us for Christmas dinner too.
Helping Daddy open gifts.
Playing with her new toys.
After Christmas festivities came the New Years Party! We met up in Bemidji with Mike and Jean, Lee and Jenna, and the entire Aube family. It was a packed house full of games, drinks, and laughter! During the day, Jade and I made it into town to see Denae and her new little man Samuel. Jade thought the baby was pretty cool! Denae and I spent the afternoon catching up on our busy lives that now consists of a child! Our conversations have definitely changed over the last 2 years!
Jade really wanted to help Denae with Baby Sam!
Possible love connection? Time will tell.
For New Years itself...we were duds. Nate wasn't feeling well and I had a headache, so the 3 of us went to bed at 8:30. We didn't even wake up to the "New Year" shouts coming from upstairs. We probably should have just stayed home, but it was still nice to bring in the New Year with friends and family. This also marked 2 years in a row that we didn't make the count down.
Happy New Year!
The whole Aube/Noland Family! How many additions to this picture will there be next year?
I will post this now and then hopefully get a recap of our Jamaica vacation up soon! Stay tuned...
