Christmas 2010

Ballerina girl

Brad and his birthday bunny

dance party usa

Katie's letter to Santa

Katie performing at the UNIVERSITY preschool

Henry and his flirty eyes

Great Grandma Grace and Osten

Three four year olds by the stockings hung with care in hope that St. Nicholas soon would be there

Uncle Brent supervising gingerbread house construction

Osten in his happy place

Siri intrigued by the Christmas mice left by Santa

Baby Dehlia, a chip off the old block

Singamajig--super cool and mesmerizing!

Ivan and Anders kicking back with Netflix

Anders and the T girls scaling the walls of the children's museum.

What a fast, furious & fabulous Christmas we enjoyed as a new family of five--it ended in the flu, but the flurry up to that point was memorable.

I posted a few photos regaling Katie's school program, Brad's birthday celebration, visit to Children's Museum, playing with cousins, candy eating, cookie craving and runny noses.

With the culmination of the flu, unfortunately documentation of our trip to Southern Minnesota to celebrate with the Blomgren's was not well photographed, but thanks to big brother Kurt and Mom & Dad for your work in making a warm celebration on the 26th!

Christmas Concert

Here is Anders playing "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" under the watchful eye of his piano teacher, Lara Simonson

Katie is in the center of the screen as an angel. Her line was "Jesus was born this day in tiny Bethlehem. A small town, but what a gem". Very good job Ms. Katie!

Here is Anders singing the 2nd verse of Silent Night as a solo. He also played a shepard and nailed his line about finding Jesus laying in a manger filled with hay. great memories.

the last beautiful day...

November 7--the afternoon after the daylight saving time expiration was a golden day for the Olson family. The Vikings won one of their few games of the 2010 season and we were captured by Ms. Lori Johnson near the banks of the Kinnickinnick River and campus of UW River Falls.