Christmas 2012 #1

Since we went up to Duluth a couple of days earlier this year, Todd & I celebrated our Christmas together on Dec. 23rd at Pizza Hut in Duluth.  :)

That night we bundled up & went to Bentleyville because we haven't been there since it moved to the lakefront.

The Entrance to Bentleyville.

The Aerial Bridge

Todd with some of the lights.

The canal with the lighthouses at the end.

Lights with the bridge in the background.

This is where kids can see Santa.  There was a long line.

Sonja with some of the lights.

Andrew's Pre-school Christmas Concert

Mom & I went to Andrew's pre-school Christmas Concert on December 18th.  It was really cute & Andrew did a good job.  :)

Andrew is on the top row in the red sweater 2nd from the right.

Andrew playing his drum for the song The Little Drummer Boy.

Everyone had fun with the flashlights for This Little Light of Mine.

Anthony was getting Alex to laugh for us.

Alex found a very fun shovel in the hallway when we were getting ready to leave.

It's a Wonderful Life 2012

Our Christmas production at church this year was It's a Wonderful Life The Musical.  It was really fun doing the show.  Todd was Potter's Goon & had a grand time with facial expressions since the goon had no lines.  Sonja tried out for dance hoping to be in one simple dance.  She ended up in 4 dances!  It was really fun!

J.T. checking out the Christmas decoration.  He wore a coat that Mom made for the boys to wear when we were little & a hat that they wore, too.  :)

Uncle Todd & J.T.......my favorite picture from the show.  :)

J.T. enjoying a banana off stage.

"Gotta go out for my scene."

Everyone loved the look that Potter's Goon gave George Bailey when Potter told him that it was all around town that he's been giving money to Violet Bick.  :)

Uncle Todd, Nana, & J.T. 

I wore one of Mom's hats.  We found all of the pieces for J.T.'s outfit at different thrift stores.

It appears that J.T. has stolen Potter's wheelchair and his goon.  ;)

Thanksgiving 2012 #2 and Justin's 13th Birthday

We had the Lane Thanksgiving at Jeremy & Kim's house on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, as usual.  We also celebrated Justin's 13th birthday which was two days later.

Alex

Tyler, Maddie, Evan, Uncle Todd, Brenden, & Nicholas

Maddie, Luke, & Evan

Andrew & Anthony went to the Gopher game before coming to dinner.  Andrew is sporting his new Goldie Gopher hat.

Todd, Eric, Angela, Jeremy, Tiffany, & Kim

Nana & J.T............mmmmmm this roll is good!

Tiffany & J.T.

Justin wearing the hoodie sweatshirt we gave him.  It has earbuds built right into the hood ties & a jack for your phone/ipod/mp3 player right in the pocket.  Surprisingly, it is even machine washable!  We thought it was pretty cool!  :)

Thanksgiving 2012 #1

Thanksgiving at Todd's Mom's house.

Sophia & their puppy, Puck.

We gave Emily duct tape & a duct tape craft book for her 11th birthday, which was September 24th.

We gave Sophia Q-bitz for her 14th birthday which was coming up on December 5th.

Mmmmmm.............what a yummy spread.

Todd, Sophia, Emily, & Jamie.

Emily is learning to play the flute so she gave us a mini-concert.  :)

Emily made several items with her duct tape including a purse for me & an eyeglass case for Uncle Todd.

Setting up the Christmas Tree

J.T. "helped" us set up our Christmas tree on Saturday, Nov. 18th.  He had a lot of fun & was very intrigued by the lights.  :)

Justin's Basketball Tournament

We went to Justin's basketball game on 11/11/12 to watch the game & return Tyler & Maddie at the end of the weekend.

Maddie & Tyler

Justin

Nana & Uncle Todd sporting our Chaska sweatshirts.

Uncle Todd & Tyler

Grandma A

Justin