Jingle Bells

To my faithful readers: thanks for your patience! After about an hour and a half of picture uploading, I have a new post for you! There were a couple more pics I wanted to put on, but they didn't want to come, so, another time. As you will notice, these are all pics. taken from the Christmas weekend/week of events.

It was such a delight to be able to see some fellow Bluewater staffers at Aaron and Mitch's Christmas concert. Amy, Pam, and Carolyn were all able to make it! We tightly squeezed into the very back row in a couple of wooden benches...it was a pretty hilarious sight.
Christmas Eve morning mom and dad made us a Christmas brunch. We had blueberry pancakes, egg bake, and delicious pineapple juice! So good. You can see us enjoying it below.

Christmas Eve night we got together with the Larson side at my aunt Gwen and uncle DeWayne's house in Park River, North Dakota. It was good to see ALL my Larson cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents.

Here are my grandparents: Neil and Doris. My grandpa is 86 and still farms sugar beets and potatoes. My grandma, 83, has had heart surgery but still does as much as she can. They are some of the hardest workin' people I know...great examples.

We are quite a large group when altogether! There are 11 grandchildren and 12 parents/grandparents/aunts/uncles. As always, there was plenty of food and treats.

Christmas day my sisters, Erica and Ingrid, parents, and I went out to our cabin. We had a grand time having some old fashioned board game fun along with roasting brats over the outside campfire. Because the drive way was so snowy, dad gave us a ride in the back of his truck so the van wouldn't get stuck. (that's where this pic. is taken...back of the pick-up. i was sitting in front of a nice deer hide, mmm.)