Christmas 2012

We spent Christmas in Minnesota this year.  Christmas was a little different for our family...it was just the 6 Pack!  We celebrated with our usual traditions and had a nice time.  Thankfully we were able to celebrate Christmas with our extended family while we were home for Thanksgiving.  Here are a few of my favorite things...

• looking for my older children and finding them in their room quietly playing Goldfish
• passing out 2 of our Blessings Bags to homeless people on Christmas Eve...it was 18 degrees at the time & we were on our way to church
• seeing the kids faces light up every morning when looking for our Elf on the Shelf
• candle light service on Christmas Eve @ Berean Baptist Church
• Emery & Eli wearing Santa hats delivering baked goodies to our neighbors
• watching Home Alone with the kids and seeing the pure enjoyment on Eli's face
• celebrating Jesus' birth with a birthday cake
• playing Minute to Win It games with Emery's class at school
• it was a white Christmas...in fact we've had snow on the ground for the past month
• watching Emery & Eli fly down the street on electric scooters Christmas morning...the high was 2 degrees that day so they had to take 10 min. rides in full snow gear
• spending 3 days at Arrow Wood Resort together & many "1st times"...ice fishing, snowmobiling, water park, swimming pool, sledding