Christmas Part 2

 After South Dakota, we headed to Montana for more Christmas fun.  Unfortunately, the fun ended early when half of us got the flu...so the pictures are less in number.

One of the best gifts was a Turbo Nerf gun from Uncle Pete.

If you look closely, you can see that Pete is reading to Charlie from a John Deere catalog.  I think they were studying new swathers and air seeders.

 James and I made "Shrinky Dinks" one day and he very patiently watched them bake.

It was truly a wonderful holiday!

Christmas Part 1

Christmas began with lots of preparations at our house including cookie making and decorations.  James and I made Santa cookies one afternoon while Charlie napped.

Then we celebrated with Cory, Jamie, and Kaylynn.

 Right before we left for South Dakota, my good friend Carolyn came for a quick visit with her husband and 3 kids - Ava, Wyatt, and Adelyn.  Getting 5 kids ages 6, 4, 4, 2, and 1 to sit still enough for a picture took tons of patience (and a few cookies).

Then at last it was Christmas Eve!  Santa came to visit us at Papa and Grandma's house in South Dakota.

A few of the boy's favorite gifts!

Honeymoon!

 Way back in November, Doug and I went to Jamaica for our 5 year anniversary.  Although I didn't take alot of pictures, here are a few of our days in paradise.