Christmas Fun

We have been able to spend the last few Christmas's with both sides of the family because my parents have been coming up here for the holiday, but this is the first year my parents lived here. The 3 1/2 of us stayed at their new house for the first time. Their house really turned out nice, but I still think it's big for just 2 people. I guess I thought they were downsizing....not so much. We had our traditional Christmas Eve dinner of lutefisk and lefsa... Nate is scheming a way to change/add to our menu and I'm fully supporting that. I need more food than that! We had boiled potatoes and meat balls to go with, but I still left the table wanting more. Erik missed out on the family festivities this year as he was in Arizona trying to figure out life...he's doing an internship in Scottsdale to become a golf pro. He sure picked the right winter to go south!!

Anyway, Christmas Eve was fun. Jade did great handing out gifts to everyone and opening gifts of her own. Spending Christmas with a 2 year old is amazing. The excitement she got out of little things was so fun to see! Christmas Day we went to the Noland's for dinner. We didn't open gifts there as we were going to meet Lee and Jenna at Thumper Pond the first weekend of January. Jade got to go sledding on her new sled at their house and show Amma (Gramma) her new baby.

Jade is getting ready for bed, but wondering if there are any presents left...she searched for more!

Santa came Christmas Day to Gramma and Grampa Elgin's

The first weekend in January we left a day earlier than planned to miss a snow storm and made it to Thumper Pond to meet Lee and Jenna. We had a blast! Jade got to go swimming all weekend, we had a mini Christmas dinner in Mike and Jean's suite, and opened gifts together. It was perfect! Mike and Jean brought all the fixings for brisket sandwiches and garlic potatoes. It worked perfect to have them cooking in crock pots all afternoon.

As for New Years....we didn't do a thing. We missed the New Year for the 3rd year in a row! We are duds! Maybe next year we can bring in the new year like you're supposed to.

Jade and I got our New Years cheers in before she went to bed with our sparkling cider!

We hope everyone had as great a Holiday Season as we did! Look at me go...2 blogs in 2 days! Stay tuned for some house updates!!