Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Minnesota Christmas 2011

Finally - some highlights from our family trip to MN for Christmas.

This was Nicole's 1st trip as a paying customer... which means it was her first flight with her own seat - that she HAD to stay in. Let's just say I was a little worried... but she was a great traveler!
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Megan has always been a wonderful traveler - and this year she had a Leappad to keep her occupied. That was the BEST Christmas present!
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We had to make sure we had our traditional trip to Pamida for a ride on the snowmobile.
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There was NO snow when we got there so this was as close to a snowmobile as she got.

While we were there we did get a little bit of snow.
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We got some snowfall right before we headed to Tom's Uncle David and Auntie Mary's house. It was perfect - and once there the girls got to fill up the deer feeder (with a little help from Austin and Brooke).
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And then we played in the snow...
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And then... as the sun went down, we headed in to warm up and watch the deer come claim their yummy treats!
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Nicole was so interested in watching them. First she grabbed Uncle Dan for a view. then she moved on to get a closer look with Uncle David...
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And Auntie Mary...
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It's not a great picture - but thanks Auntie Mary and Uncle David for a fun day!
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Back at Grandma and Papa's we continued on with our tradition of making cookies...
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Megan took on the role of "puzzle queen"...
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Then we headed to the twin cities for some time with Tom's cousin Tony and Dawn. Oh the girls were in heaven.
Nicole made sure she and Bear had plenty of tea parties...
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This is a little taste of our 10 days away..... I wish I could post more but then we'd be stuck on Christmas for another month. :^) BUT.... our trip to Mall of America will have it's own post!

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