Wednesday, December 30, 2020

December 2020

 We've almost made it to the end of the year, yippee!! I think this year has been filled with everything. Started out so well and then changed dramatically in ways that no one could have expected. We have adapted and hopefully grown in good ways. I'm grateful for the time we had together during quarantine. We had fun making videos and playing together. There were difficult times, but I'm grateful for our friends and family that helped us through. 

This month we had lots of fun! Our pre Christmas trip to Branson, MO was super great and we are grateful to grandma and grandpa for letting us go. We had a quiet Christmas, but enjoyed time together. We went up to CF the day after Christmas to spend the day and it was nice to see my parents. They were so excited to see us too!


Fun Christmas jammies from Grandma Hansen!

Elena's PJs

Savannah's fancy dress

Christine's dress/nightgown


Johns pjs

Uncle Benj came for a visit. Elena made salt dough so we could make some ornaments.






Beautiful day for a hike



Siblings



Sweet, sleepy John

Savannah and Sophie






Painted by Elena


John dressed up ready to go defeat something

Hand painted wood light box

Asleep at dinner with food still in his hand

Sleeping under the Christmas tree

Time to make a gingerbread house










Gingerbread village

Cookies and carrots for Santa

Lined up and ready!

A trainset for John



Unicorn stuffie for Savannah

John also loved his band-aids

Dinosaur puzzle

And the aftermath! We didn't get pictures, but Elena and Abigail got Rollerblades, and Adriana got a bungee chair.

New paint sets








We went to Cedar Falls to celebrate with Grandma and Grandpa Hansen the day after Christmas. Grandma had some fun things for the kids to do and they were excited to show off their presents.


A puzzle from Sherene

A mail station where we all wrote letters to each other.

Jenga with toothpicks!



Sleepytime


Puzzle finished!


More snow to play in!





Good bye 2020, hello 2021