O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree how lovely.....

Brandon made a Christmas tree out of snow in the front yard and even put lights on it. We had a lot of comments on the tree from people driving by. Dylan made a dog and a dish out of snow also, it was very cute.

Christmas Blizzard

We stayed home for Christmas this year, the first year ever since we have been married. Bryan's brother, Paul, came and spent Christmas with us. We had a really good time and much time in the house as we had a blizzard that lasted from December 24 to December 27. Paul was able to get out on Sunday and go to his sisters house in Omaha but the roads were still not great. We spent a lot of time doing a puzzle and Bryan, Paul & kids went outside to build an igloo (first picture). They had a fun time doing that and the kids even wanted to sleep in it???!! Would have been terribly cold as the temperatures were below freezing for most of the Christmas break.

MS/HS Christmas concert

On December 21st we had the middle school/high school Christmas concert. Courtney also sings in choir and plays the saxophone in the 6th grade band, Dylan plays the trumpet in 7th/8th grade band and Brandon plays the Saxophone in the high school band.

Peace, Love, Dance

Courtney participated in our schools dance team clinic on December 12. They practice their routine and then perform it for the half time of the girls basketball game. Courtney loves to do this and did a great job at the game.

Elementary Christmas Program

Brittney is the only one that is in elementary school this year, she is in 3rd grade. This is her in her christmas program.

Church Christmas program

The kids were in the church christmas program and I was able to get them to pose for a picture which is a miracle these days.

Santa

Chelsey looks forward each year to visiting santa in walmart. She was very excited to see him and tell him all that she wanted for Christmas. We visited santa in Omaha about 2 weeks later and he asked her what she wanted and she said "you already know", meaning she had told him already 2 weeks before, it was pretty funny. Brittney also was excited to see him and Courtney just went along with it and sat in for a picture.