Christmas 2023!

Alice got temporary tattoos at her friend's house.

Charlie looked like Dad on Sunday! Red plaid dress shirt + apron + doing dishes = Dad.

Christmas Eve morning.

He had SUCH a hard time not opening this present!

Crepes for Christmas Eve brunch.

Lots of card games that afternoon.

Traditional Filipino feast for Christmas Eve dinner.

Christmas morning!

Signing "football". Danny got him just what he asked for:)

Family history fan chart.

Stroopwafels and cocoa party for breakfast.

Can you tell the difference between rubber and real?

New clothes and belt bag.

Toby's world puzzle - he's learned a lot of the capitals already.

Every flag had to be assembled with stickers. These two were champs.

Pressed tin decoration from Paul. I love it!

There has been increased interest in family history since we put this up.

I put mini nutellas in their stockings, but Charlie's primary teachers got him a huge jar of it!

Grace and Danny playing with his new NFL football. 

Christmas evening in Riverton with the whole Gabrielsen family.

Taking down Christmas on the 26th. Does my heart good!

Detoxing from all the treats with some vegetables.

Paul made me Authors cards based on Bleak House. We played it a lot.

Painting.

Alice made yummy bread one day.

We rediscovered Just Dance.

Charlie has played legos  A LOT this break. He made me a bird refuge!

We have played a lot of cards this break.

New sweaters from Grandma Terisa.

Wendy's for dinner with the kids' giftcards from their Flake grandparents.

Paul and I went on a very cold date to the heronry this morning.

Grace's new sweater.

Summer sausage.

Playing with Grandma's new toy.

Danny has super large pupils all the time for some reason.

From Grace/Alice's hike yesterday.

Christmas Eve. (Paul's pics)

Treat bar.

Nativity.

Christmas morning!

Gifts from Charlie and Danny.

His new lego set makes a video game shop, bike shop, and noodle shop.

Christmas evening in Riverton.

Late-night lumpia.

Christmas Eve photo shoot.

Toby in his new jacket from Grandma Terisa.

Matching Harry Potter pajamas.

Gift to the primary kids - Grace designed these Book of Mormon tracker bookmarks.

Toby's cute writing: "You are the best Daddie".

Watching Dora today.

I commissioned Whitney to make us this beautiful sign for Christmas.

Charlie had a Nerf ward with this neighborhood buddies today.