Christmas Day

Since we couldn't go up to Duluth this year for Christmas, Jamie, Sophia & Emily stopped by on their way up. They gave us our presents & we gave them theirs.

Sophia & Emily with their presents.

Emily with her magnetic dry erase board.


Sophia with her magnetic dry erase board.

Our Christmas lights.

Todd's Knee Surgery 12/21/10

Todd had partial knee replacement surgery on his right knee on Dec. 21st at St. John's Hospital. The surgery went really well. Todd spent 3 nights in the hospital & went home on Christmas Eve afternoon.

Todd had 16 staples in his knee.

Kim, Brenden, Tyler & Maddie came to see Todd on Dec. 30th. Maddie brought Uncle Todd a Dora Band-Aid to help his knee get better. :)

Lane Family Christmas 2010

The Lane Family celebrated Christmas on Dec. 19th this year. We all met at Mom's house in the late afternoon & had a great time! :)

Aunt Nana, Maddie, Tyler, Uncle Todd & Luke.

Evan, Angela & Heather.

Todd & I met Tiffany's fiance, Harrison, for the 1st time. He seems to be a very nice guy. Also pictured are Mom & Tiffany.

Tyler with the Take-a-part Roadster we gave him.

Brenden, Evan & Nicholas with the beach towels we gave them. They have a big guitar & say "Rock On!"

Justin with one of his gift cards.

Heather, Andrew & Maddie

J.D., Andrew, Harrison & Tiffany

Luke carrying around one of Angela's dolls from when we were kids. He found it in Mom's playroom.

A couple of birthdays & a 2nd grade concert......

For my birthday, Todd brought me roses, a birthday balloon, a handmade card & breakfast from Burger King to my work in the morning. :)

We went to Red Robin............Yummm............for dinner & then went to Evan's 2nd grade Christmas Concert..........they probably called it "Winter" or "Holiday", but I will call it Christmas...........at the Cambridge High School. It was all of the 2nd grade classes together & then each class had a special part in a song.

Here is Evan (middle with jeans & a striped polo) with his class when they were highlighted in a song. They had to do sign language with their song. I'm sorry...........I forgot what the song was.

Justin's 11th birthday was Nov. 26th, but since we were gone the weekend of our family Thanksgiving we did not get to give Justin his present. We saw him on Dec. 12th when they came to pick up Tyler & Maddie so we gave it to him then.

Justin's basketball team had just won 1st place in the tournament they were in. :)

Hallelujah! 2010

Tyler & Maddie were able to be in our Christmas Production with us again this year because we are watching them on J.D. & Justin's basketball tournament weekends. They we in the 1st two songs of the production.................That Joyful Noise & Joy to the World. On That Joyful Noise, Tyler went with Uncle Todd to the Toy Shop and Maddie helped Nana in the Coffee Shop. They were both very excited to sing on Joy to the World! We made sure to practice it a lot before hand & they new the words very well............in fact, during the second performance, when we were waiting for our turn to go out on stage, Maddie discovered that the Orchestra was playing Joy to the World in the middle of their medley of songs at the beginning of the show........she is pretty smart! :)



Here are some pictures from the production:



Maddie was very excited to wear curlers & have her hair curled for the performances. After I would put her curlers in at night, she would walk around & say, "I pretty Nana." I said, "Yes, you are very pretty, Maddie." :) Tom Ahonen took this picture of Maddie & me waiting for the Spirit of Praise sound check. Maddie had fallen asleep during the worship team practice...............and she was out............she slept thru my walking down stairs to the sanctuary, the SOP sound check, walking back upstairs to the chapel & part way thru the Cast worship & announcements. :)

Tyler & Maddie......aren't they cute! :)

Grandma A, Maddie & Tyler

Nana, Maddie, Uncle Todd & Tyler

Maddie :)

Tyler :)

I helped lead the cast worship before performances this year.

Maddie LOVED helping with the worship, also. :)

Tyler, Nana, Maddie & Uncle Todd