Christmas 2011

Guess who we had join us this year...

Grandma and Grandpa Damstedt & Andy!!

We are so glad that we had family with us and we had a great time. On Christmas Eve Jane, B, his parents, and brother all went to the Bills v. Bronco's NFL game:

When they got home we had a yummy dinner:

Then we opened presents from our pixies

Thank you Stu and Hiromi!

Thank you Pete and Jessica!

We LOVE the Stephen's cocoa, the picture, Cars 2, Wii game, and popcorn!

Bruce read us the Christmas story, but did not act it out..
Christmas morning:

Before

After

In between:
James got a great Diego Train, books, and bugs:

Kate got a Happy Napper, books, and a Hula HoopHere she is in her room trying it blind folded :)

Bruce got a Magic set, Wii game, books, and Bay blades:
Jane got an owl, eye masks, books, a bear, and an art set:

B's dad made us this:* B also made our kids the game Pitch Car.

We went to church and it was wonderful.
Then we came home, played, and then went to a nursing home nearby to sing to the residents.
After that we celebrated Grandpa Damstedt's birthday!
Happy Birthday Grandpa!

After the delicious apple pie we all got our PJ's on and played "Things in a Box" :)
Thank you to everyone sent us cards and gave us delicious things. We love you all and hope you had a very Merry Christmas.

Quick Trip to DC...

On Wednesday we drove down to DC to watch this guy graduate with his Master's:Congrats Uncle Andy!

* IT WAS 60 degrees the whole time we were there- so warm :)

For dinner I was SUPER excited to go here:Cafe Rio!!!

On Thursday was the graduation and my beautiful friend Alexis let us come play at her house.

This cutie got to play with her friendHappy Birthday H!

These two buddies got to be together again

and I got to be with my buddy too! (sorry Alexis this was the best of the set :)

The young kids and I drove back to DC and met up with everyone. Then we drove to see some monuments. We walked to the Jefferson Memorial:Merry Christmas!

FDR Memorial and Martin Luther King:

Next we went to see the "Zoo Lights" at the National Zoo:
Flamingos!

Andy took us to a great Mexican place for dinner and after that we walked around the DC Temple(it was raining) There were so many lights!Finally- before going back to the hotel we made one more stop:On Friday we drove back home and Grandma & Grandpa had the house warm for us and delicious soup on the stove.

Right now I'm baking things for dinner tonight and B, Jane, Andy, and Grandma & Grandpa Damstedt are at an NFL game Bronco's vs Bills!

Merry Christmas Eve Everyone!

You have to love Santa on a Firetruck

Every year Santa comes down our street with sirens blazing.

Our kids LOVE it!



Our ward did a service this Christmas and provided gifts for 8 families. It's awesome to see all the things so lovingly donated.

Christmas Party

Last night we went to a beautiful Christmas party at the church.

The dinner was yummy and the program was great.
Kate got cute a cute Santa headband from Santa himself.James really wanted to be in this picture.Kids singing:General picture:Thanks for the fun party!

We have still been counting....

We're counting down to Christmas:

and we brought this cute snack for Kate's class

and counting
and B guessed the right number of candies in the jar- AGAIN!
And counting,
and I went to a beautiful Relief Society Christmas dinner,
and counting,and searching for our elf "Douglas" every morning
and this little man can count from 1 -12!I have finished shopping, mailing things, and teacher gifts- yeah! Now I just need to finish scrapbooks, do my dishes, and celebrate a happy birthday with the man I love :)
(he loved his presents)
Happy Birthday to the greatest guy in the world today!!!
We love you B /dad!