Christmas

Christmas is so much busier and more exciting with little ones in the house. This season was no different from the recent past; we had 3 different Christmas celebrations with a few other fun events mixed in.

A first for us this year was visiting Santa when he came to Dart one afternoon. Santa knew a lot about each of the boys and they were really impressed with his knowledge of their wishes for this year.

 Before Christmas, we celebrated the holiday as well as my dad and Grandpa's birthdays at Gregg's house. Most of the pictures ended up blurry - a blur of boy and wrapping paper!

For the actual holiday this year we were in Galena. Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Luther were there for most of our visit, and that was so nice. We enjoy getting to spend time with them, and I know the boys do too.

The whole Luther family was able to come over on Christmas and it was nice to see everyone. We were even able to get out and play in the snow with Tyson and Paige on Christmas day.

One of the gifts Dylan received from Papa Gordy was a magic kit. Dylan is wearing his "magician hat." He was quite excited to open up the kit and become a "musician." I asked, "Do you mean a magician?" and he said "Yeah, that's what I meant."

We're just about wrapping up 2010, and I have a few days off of work. Yesterday we introduced Brian and the boys to Schmidt's Meat Market in Nicollet, MN. It's near New Ulm and has been a family favorite for many years. We had a nice little road trip and re-stocked the freezer with plenty of ground beef.



Blizzard

The great blizzard of 2010 has hit us hard!

The boys loved almost every minute of the snow falling down all day yesterday. We went out twice to shovel, both times at least 8 inches.

These are the kind of snow falls childhood memories are made of! The picture of Dylan on the snowbank near the mail box  is especially cool for me, as I recall standing on a snowback over looking the mailbox at one point in my childhood.