Our Christmas 2015

We celebrated our Christmas on Christmas Eve morning.  The kids were so excited!

We sprinkled reindeer food the night before and set out milk and whatever cookie we could find in the pantry :) 

 Emery admiring the tree...

 Pictures before bedtime!

 We woke up, read the Christmas story out of the bible, then opened presents before breakfast.  The kids woke up so early that morning!

 Ha….I told Emery to smile…..that works :)

 Elli got her American Girl doll!  She's been wanting this doll for a year….this is the girl of the year, so she will go away after New Years.

 Putting legos together

 This girl was into everything….she wanted to play with every toy that was opened by her siblings….and they obviously didn't want her messing with their new things.

 Giving Daddy hugs!

We had a great day!

Christmas Program 2015

Elli and Connor had their Christmas Program a few weeks ago and I was so proud of how well they both did! 

 And yes, we did take a self-timer picture :)

 I was so proud of Elli.  She had been looking forward to this program for weeks and was so excited that she got to lead her class out by holding the star.  She also had a speaking part on the video!  She did such a good job and it was so fun to watch her!

 I loved watching Connor and Avery up on stage for their part of the program.  Luckily, Avery is in his class; otherwise, I would have had no clue what they were singing prior to the program.  Connor doesn't give us many details about school!

 These are some of my favorite pictures!  When Connor gets embarrassed, he sticks his tongue out and opens his mouth.  He spent most of this last song doing this :)

The kids worked so hard on their songs and they both did such a good job!  

Thanksgiving 2015

Thanksgiving 2015

The older kids stayed at Nana and Papa Lindvall's house with their cousins on Thanksgiving evening.  

 My favorite picture….Dane and Elli cuddling while sleeping.  He's so good with the kids.

Random Pictures

Trip to the grocery store!  Emery's first time in the car cart.

 Ice cream after Bubba's first football game!

 Picture Day at Elli's school.  Such a beauty!

 Walk-a-thon at Elli's school!

 Emery loves to be pushed in this doll stroller.

 First time with pig-tails

 Best Friends!  These two love each other! This was after their last game and they both scored a goal!!

 Last football game!

 Connor's trophy

 Twins!

 Shopping with my boy!

Ohio

In the 5 months leading up to our move, we had so many going away parties thrown for us.  I only got a few pictures from some of them….

My preschool mom friends!  These girls and their families have become such good friends to us.  Our kids love hanging out together.

 Our last lifegroup…..

 We were missing two people…..

 All of our kids. Over the weekend, another girl was added to the group!  Welcoming Aliza!!

We spent our last morning in Columbus running a Donut 5k.  It was so much fun and the perfect way to go out.  You received donut holes at every half mile and then 6 donuts at the end.  

I only got a few pictures.  One of the hardest parts about being in Indiana have been being away from our friends and especially during times when they've needed us.  So glad we were able to head back this weekend and help…..

 After the race, we grabbed a quick lunch with our friends and then packed up the last of our things.  We got in our cars to drive away and Scott's car wouldn't start.  After a few hours and some help, we finally got it started.

 Crossing the border for the last time as a resident of Ohio.