Christmas came early for this lady when the gorgeous Restoration Hardware chairs came that Matt ordered for me! Also a great gift for the kids: 3 huge boxes and tons of giant bubble wrap!
We got a jump on our Swedish tradition and made a batch of pepparkokar to give the teachers, principal, secretary, and bus driver.
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| Hank and I surprised Carolyn at her Kindergarten Christmas party |
And possibly beginning a new tradition, Nicole came over for a deliciously fun day of cookie baking!
This year, Christmas at Buddy and Jackie's was the Sunday prior to Christmas (they surprised the KC Ohlunds and had Christmas with them).
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| Hank really does love puppy Gus. It's the red sweater he thinks is "not cool" :( |
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| Brody in Hanna's high heels :) |
Puppy Winnie spent the week with us. The kids just loved having her (all 5 days) and were helpful walking her (the first 24 hours). Puppies are a lot of work we found out. But darn cute they are!
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| Christmas with the daycare kids. All in their new cozy blankets from Sandy! |
And a great tradition is our late night, jammie and coffee drive looking at Christmas lights.
To our surprise, the Jessie family put out lights again this year (the scaled down version though you can hardly tell).
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| Carolyn sneaking to get that last candy cane out of the tree |
The LeRoy Family Christmas Eve party was such a grand affair as usual. We really enjoyed seeing Jeana and Nate's house and think they are great hosts.
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| Christmas morning pepparkokar breakfast. Why not? |
