We had a great holiday season. We spent Christmas eve and Christmas morning in Great Bend with the Hanekes and then drove on out to Colorado for three days of fun in the snow with the Carlsons in Colorado. We had a great time and the kids were such troopers in the car!
Before we took off for Great Bend, we opened presents as a family here at home. Here's Kylee with her new princess vanity (now if you see our daughter sporting purple eyeshadow, you'll know why):
Here's Connor, not looking AT ALL excited to be opening presents...
The kids were excited that Santa found them in Great Bend at Great Grandpa Haneke's house. It was so much fun to watch them open presents. Santa brought the kids tents this year...Santa was hoping that the tents would reduce the number of "forts" constructed around our house (using every chair and blanket available, of course), but alas, the forts still appear....the kids do enjoy sleeping in the tents at night when we're away from home.
Santa also brought Connor a laptop...which he subsequently asked to return for more Transformers....we had to give the educational toy a shot, right?!?!?
Kylee and her new Snow White Dress:
After a delicious lunch in Great Bend, we headed towards Colorado. The kids had a great time seeing Aunt Mary, Uncle Justin, and cousins Drew, Amy, and Beth. Grandpa and Grandma did a good job of juggling the whole crew! We played indoors and out....the highlight for Connor was getting to go sledding. He zipped right down a fairly steep and high hill, laughing all the way. Kylee thought she wanted to try, but when we got on the sled, she changed her mind...
I took her down with me, anyway. It was her first and last trip.
Grandpa and Grandma Carlson had matching t-shirts made for all of us. Here's Connor modeling the grandkid version:
And now, for the FAVORITE presents this year...Kylee with Tea Time with Belle and Connor with Optimus Prime:
We concluded our Christmas season by celebrating with the McKinney family. We all enjoyed swedish pancakes together, and, of course, more presents. Connor got a guitar from Grandpa and Grandma Lori (we're thankful they opted for this instead of a drum set):
Oscar, Grandpa and Grandma Lori's dog, gave each of the kids fun stuff to use in the tub:
We rang in 2008 with a quiet evening playing games with friends. It was a welcome wind-down after the holiday hustle and bustle. Now it's back to work, me teaching Assessment at Jewell and Brandon handling the new year's business at DST. Connor is back at school and Kylee keeps us on our toes on a daily basis.
We hope 2008 finds you happy and healthy!
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We really enjoyed spending Christmas with you guys! Love you always, Sarah, Cara and Collin
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