Piano Girls

Christmas morning #3

Part two....

For Grandpa Eyre and Grandma Lisa

Part one...

Sledding pics and other stuff

Susan O'Carroll sorting toys at the Christmas Clearing Council of Waukesha Co.; this was the local mission project of the Bishop Jackson Kemper Mission Society for 2010.

The boys sorting and stacking toys

Marcia and Heather Allison sorting toys at the girl table

Noelle and I are sorting books

Jonathan Kanary taking bins out for more toys

Even dogs need computer time!

"Take a picture of me Mommy"

David playing with 'stasia

Anastasia feeding her baby :-)

In Esther's old dress

Extreme Cuteness!!

Watching a movie

Watching the camera

Waiting for Daddy to be ready for sledding

Happy in the snow

The pretty place were we live

Noelle and Addi getting ready to go down the hill

Anastasia walking around

Retrieving Anastasia after her first solo run

Sledding videos

Saint Lucia's Day breakfast

Making the Saint Lucia buns. They're very yellow from the saffron.





























Fresh out of the oven!





























In the morning. Forrest is reading the St. Lucy/Lucia entry from Fr. John Julian's Stars in a Dark World.

































































































And lastly, a few pictures of our glorious sunshine on the white world!

A few pictures from our snowy corner of the world...

French Press coffee in a coffee-cozy Hannah made for us one year. Mmmm!











The beautiful sinking sun in the west, behind the buildings.

























And out front, from the living room window, you can see on the right a glowy-golden water tower, reflecting the sun.












I was trying to capture the view outside combined with the reflection of tree lights on the window...apparently the kitchen lights' reflections showed up too. :-P

Setting up the tree, etc.

The Saturday before the first Sunday in Advent, we always set up our tree. Now 8 days ago, here are some pictures from then:

















Our delicious snacky spread, complete with Wassail!

















Anastasia enjoying her food. Especially the olives.













Our little table with the Advent wreath and calendar. (Thanks to Aunt Pari & Uncle Trevor for the calendar, which we've been using for what, 3 years now?) And yes, the candles are already used. I mean to find some new ones but haven't gotten around to it.

















The tree!

















After dinner, enjoying some ice cream.

















She was just so cute, we had to get a lot of pictures of it.


















































And I wonder why Forrest doesn't take more pictures of me, when I do this to him when he does try!































































We watched a Christmas movie too...and only the best one ever!