House on Apple Hill

Saturday, January 17, 2015

First violin recital.

Annika had her first recital today. She did such a great job! All the little kids did awesome and our ears are slowly recovering...

Waiting for her turn.

Performing.

Monday, January 12, 2015

Little Ballerina

This is Annika's second year of ballet classes. This week we had an observation class and all the girls were too cute for words. Parents could not help but "Oooooohhh" and "Ahhhh".

LEARNING TO CURTSY. Not an easy task! It's hard to be a girl!!! Boys will never understand!

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Merry Christmas 2014

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. Having a sweet new pumpkin baby made it extra special!

Santa's elves made a lot of toys for the kids (and all at the last minute, too).

On the 24th, we all went to the children's service at a local Lutheran church with friends. It's such a nice church and the pastor is wonderful. The service lasted about 30 minutes. G and Annika are on the left. (They decided to be sheep.)

At home that evening, I realized that I really don't have any cookies for Santa, so we just left him some goldfish crackers and milk. Joseph put B*ennett to bed and went to read "The night before Christmas", and I went to an evening Christmas service and orchestra concert with a friend.

That evening, Santa came and I even have a video of that! :) I caught him in action!

The kids got way too many toys. G really only wanted the XBox One, so he wasn't all that excited about the other gifts, though he did get excited when he got a Minecraft LEGO set.

PINK 3DS XL = HAPPY Girlie!

Wondering if Santa brought him the XBox or not...

PURE JOY getting an XBox One (the very last gift he opened).

Hanging out in his new hammock chair while the XBox is being set up

Around 2PM, we had friends over for Christmas lunch. We had salad, amazing honey glazed ham, mashed potatoes with dill, green bean casserole, and so much other food, including the most delicious Yule Log cake from Whole Foods.