More festivities in Iowa, and New Year's!

We were able to drive up to Iowa for a few days to see some of the Hansen side. Our first stop was at my niece's baptism which was so fun to be at. The cousins had a blast!

All the cousins

Everyone

Josh and Jacob

Jonny

Then we went back to the Player's for dinner and more excitement!

The campout they made under the dinning room table

Saying good-bye

Margaret got some face paints for her birthday and had fun trying it out on everyone!

Christine is 11 months old!

Having fun with grandma making hat and reading lots of stories!

One is really asleep and one is faking. Can you tell which is which?

New Year's Eve celebrations!!!!

Christine with a party hat...

doing some sparklers...

toasting with apple cider...

and more partying all night long!

Annie & Thomas

Benj & Roy

This was an essential part of Christmas since we hadn't see single digits (both above and below zero) in almost 2 years!

Playing Crossfire with grandpa.

One last shot of the AMAZING gingerbread house!

On our way home we stopped in Colombia and stayed the night with my brother who has 2 girls. It was great to see them and to let the girls play!

Christine taking a ride on Abby

Charlotte and Elena

More New Year's fun with some poppers

Quite the group of girls!

Macey reading bedtime stories to everyone.

Since we didn't have a Christmas picture with everyone we decided to take a few shots when we got home.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a great New Year!!!

Lots of holiday festivities!

We've had a lot of fun the past few months... so much that I'm going to have to put it into two posts. Before I get to the festivities here are a few pictures of our cuties.

This is totally random, but in late November the girls pulled out the remaining carrots from our garden. As you can see from their size, it was quite the success. Haha

The day before Thanksgiving I had a special visit from my good friends from high school, Suzzanne and Heather! It was a great day and we had tons of fun reconnecting!

We had lots of fun over Thanksgiving! Uncle Matthew came to visit and the girls couldn't get enough.

Christine in her Thanksgiving outfit

THANKSGIVING DINNER!

We decided to go downtown to see some of the sites.

Catching the dolphin show at the Aquarium 

The big tank at the aquarium 

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Now on for the Christmas season!

On of my favorite traditions is to sleep under the Christmas tree on night before Christmas. We leave the nights on all night and it feel so magical. The girls loved it!

The weekend before Christmas we headed up to Missouri to be with the Tanners. We had a great time and even got snow for the girls to play in. It was a great holiday!

Grandma is famous for her gingerbread houses and was kind enough to help the girls make one! They looked forward to that for a month and loved doing it!

Gingerbread cookies with Aunt Annie

Getting in the spirit with How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

A beautiful, delicious, Christmas dinner, made from scratch by Annie.

Christine loved it!

As with tradition, we put on the nativity. Well, the kids did and did a great job!

Adriana as Mary

Abigail as a shepherd

Elena as the angel

Jamie as Joseph

Christine as baby Jesus

Notes to Santa

PJs from G. Hansen

Fun Christmas morning

The day after Christmas we went to Nauvoo for the day and had fun touring some houses and going on a real sleigh ride!

Christine and Uncle Benj

More to come shortly!