It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Right before we came home to Holdrege we had a "play date" at Thea's house. We had a wonderful time together.

Jack and Thea had a good time climbing on and off the sofa's.

They tried to practice sharing his pacifier.

They also practiced driving.

They had a nice hug until Jack knocked Thea down...something we need to work on a bit.


We went home the day before Christmas eve and had a great time with Steph and Cori. Steph made enough cookie dough to feed the entire town of Holdrege so we made a million sugar cookies. Steph was a woman on a mission, and I was an occasional assistant.

We went to a wonderful candelight service at our church Christmas "Eve"ning. After church, we came home and had a feast of soups and bacon wrapped appetizers. We made sure to put cookies for Santa before Cori went to bed (we had plenty to choose from).

Look at the excitement on Jack's face as the kids finally got to enter the living room to see their presents!

I think Cori was a little confused by the cookies for Santa thing.


Jack got some really great things for Christmas. He had a lot of fun with the first round of opening presents, he kept saying more while I opened his presents.

After the first round of presents and breakfast, we went to Osborn's.

Grandma wanted to make sure and get a good picture of him by her tree.

And she got a goofy one too.

He has not figured out how to make his top go yet.

He was pretty tired from all the present action so he cuddled up with the dog and then with me while we waited for Christms dinner.

He did a fair amount of cuddling with dad too.

Since it was a bit of a white Christmas, Jess and Casey helped Rod get his 4-wheeler with the plow hooked up. Jess got his first 4-wheeler ride that afternoon. I was back at Mom and Dad's when he went for the ride and appearantly he enjoyed it more than this picture shows.

Jack had a fun time playing at both Grandparents' houses. His favorite toy at Osborn's was his wagon. Apperanty he pushed it around and around. Mom and Steph have not e-mailed pictures of all the fun we had, so there are none to show you.