Christmas in Wisconsin

As we've done the last couple of years the girls and I packed up with Grammy and Pop-A-Lops and headed north on December 26. This year we obviously didn't make a stop in Michigan since Grandma LaBar passed away in October, but instead headed directly to Wisconsin to visit Grandma Carlson. We stayed in Wisconsin for several days before Grammy and Pop-A-Lops dropped us off in Mount Olive New Years Eve where Tim drove in to meet us, again like we have done the last several years. We had a wonderful time with all the family we saw and hope everyone has had a wonderful start to 2010!

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A 4 Generation Girls picture with Great Grandma Carlson

Reagan decided to semi-cooperate in order to get a 4 generation picture which included her

Reagan helping Great Grandma open her Christmas gifts from us
Karoline, Ryan, Eleanor, Peter and Aunt Carla came to visit us on Monday. While they were there Reagan and Eleanor got out all of Reagan's prince and princesses. Karoline, who is super creative in everyway, set up all the dolls for the girls to look as if they were dancing together at a ball. How fun! She also managed to get them in a big circle dancing together and holding each others arms but I somehow missed getting a picture of that. :)

Kennedy getting some quality snuggle time with Pop-A-Lops

I don't remember the circumstances but one more morning at breakfast everyone decided to sit on Pop-A-Lops lap. What a bunch of silly girls! lol :)

On Tuesday Jodi came down from Herbster with Lily, Daniel and Sophia to spend some time with us. She and Aunt Carla also brought James and Benjamin over to play. We had a wonderful time visiting with them and appreciate the effort they made on our behalf! Here Reagan is reading a book to Sophia and Kennedy.

Reagan and Uncle Scott playing with princesses

Kennedy is fascinated by shoes, she loves them! Great Grandma's house was great for this as their are always lots of people there and they leave all their shoes by the door. What a great play area for a baby who can't get enough of shoes! lol :)

Wearing Reagan's shoes and looking for the next pair to try on

Playing "Ring-A-Round The Rosie" in Great Grandma's living room. This is so funny because everytime you fall down Kennedy works so hard to pull you back up. lol :)

Thank you to everyone for their hospitality and all the gifts for the girls during our travels! We need to start scaling back on gifts or start working on the girls college funds, however, or we're going to have to start looking for a larger house to accomodate all the toys! :) Thank you again to everyone in Wisconsin and Illinois as well as our chafeurs, Grammy and Pop-A-Lops, we enjoyed our time with all of you! :)