bits and pieces of our life

Friday, December 28, 2012

Christmas Celebrations 2012

Photos from our 2012 Christmas celebrations.
This Christmas we could actually be around people, however Zander than I, then Gage ended up sick throughout our Christmas get togethers so not all of us attended all of them and sadly we did not get to be the only place I wanted to be on Christmas Eve-Church! But Jesus is the Reason for the season whether we could attend or not and whether we stay home or whatever.
So here's the pic's

                                                                                           First Christmas Party
                                                                                           Families Party at the Basten's
 Zander, Payton and Jasper playing with Dominik's Train Set
Jasper
 
These next ones aren't actually Christmas just a Snow day!

Zander and Gage sliding down the hill infront of their Nana and Papa's

Gage on a 4-wheeler ride with Papa

Zander snuggling with Nana infront of the campfire out back-he wasn't feel so good

Gage and Papa-he didn't want to get off

Gage and I
Gage riding in a sled-my family puts boxes inside of them (my Great Grandpa George use to do it)

Me in the woods-I pulled Gage throught the woods to visit my Grandma
Ketola Family Christmas Saturday Dec 22-at Our Reedemer Church in Cloquet

Gage and Zander with all the Dice Game gifts
Gage and his 3rd cousin Abbie Bloomquist

Zander and his Great Aunt Kathy Koski

the boys eating food

Grandma Margie and Micah

Grams and Gage

All the Kiddos by the Baby Jesus

This was right before Gage ripped the baby Jesus doll right out of the Manger

Brad and Nikki, Debbie and Jon,
Jessie, Cindy, Julie and Kevin and his girlfriend

My with my Grams and all my Mom's siblings (they put me in where my mom is in order)

Zander playing the dice game with his Great Aunt Lynn (he wasn't feeling so good)


Gage with his Great Uncle Jon

Micah with his Trapping hat on and My Aunt Anita with her fur boots

My Aunt Anita and I

Cousin Jessie and Gage

Gage and Abbie

Aunts; Debbie, Kathy, Anita, Lynn, my Grandma Margie, mea nd Aunt Julie

Grams with the kids and I

The Allen Family Christmas Celebration
at the Hughes' house
Sunday Dec 23
Ben, Gage, Cora,
Caden, Audrey, Rose and Cierra (Zander was home sick)

Gage and Caden listening to Tim read the story of Jesus' birth-the Real reason for Christmas

Gage with his Great Grandpa and Grandma Allen

Gage

Me and my cousin Sandra

oops-here was the better one of Gage with my Grandparents
 
Christmas Eve at our House
(I was sick )

Log aka "Uncle Fuzzy", Kristi holding Gage and Micah with Zander on his shoulders

Ya there I am in there



Isn't that cute Micah's mom made it


Micah liked Zander's Lincoln Logs
Micah with his Hat Zander picked out for him
 
Christmas Morning

This is the only pic I got of us opening our stockings-Micah woke us up at 6:30am to open them so he could got with his brother to put the fishouse out! lol! I was feeling super sick
Christmas at the Johnson's (Micah's Mom's side)

Greg cutting up the meat-he is a GREAT cook!

Micah with Gage and cousin Zack

Kristi with Gage who was coming down with the bug too

Micah's cousin's Kadie and Zack

The Johnson's

Micah with his cousin's

Micah, Kadie, Me and Zack

Our Family at the Johnson's on Christmas
 
 

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Forest History Center Trip and Visit with Grandma Margie

We went to the Forest History Center in Grand Rapids for the Christmas in a Logging Camp
this past Saturday

 Gage had fun walking down to the logging camp
Micah with the boys on the sleigh they weren't using because all our snow melted

our family (can you tell where I stashed all the extra hats and mittens??)

Us with the creepy Grinch guy thing- Zander and I did not appreciate him

The boys with Becky in the cook shack

Zander loved this part

This guy made a little flower out of a piece of cedar for each family

kinda neat

I was suppose to get the flower but it got lost on the wagon ride

Zander, Micah, Gage and I on the wagon ride back

Boys wiped from a day outside

Gage had his last NICU follow up in Duluth yesterday. After a 2 hour drive there-3hours at the clinic with 4 different specialists the kids were wiped and we stopped at their Great Grandma Margie's in Cloquet on the way back. The boys loved her-Zander wants to go on a date with Grandma Margie and Nana Sue!

playing in the lazy boy

Zander, Grams, Gage and I

Zander chillin in the car on the ride back

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Its just been a weird day

Its just been a weird one! I get to my parents' house to visit today and the first thing my dad says to me is " Whats wrong with you, You look terrible"! Thanks Dad-I love you too

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Some more pics from this fall

 
Since I'm not on Facebook these days-I figured I'd share some pics
 
Zander riding on a horse at Jocelyn's birthday Party in Hibbing


At Jocelyn's birthday party
Gage and Zander with thier Great Grandpa Jim (my Grandpa)

The boys chillin at home

Zander with his Daddy and his deer (Zander got to go help find him in the woods,he was sooo proud)

In the woods

Hanging out with Nana

Checkin out Papa's duck!

Micah, my dad and brother after duck hunting

Pluckin Duck

Zander and I

At the wild game feed at our church

At the Simmons'

More ducks

The boys hanging out with Nana and Papa

Gage on Thanksgiving at the Allen's

At the Allen's

Giving thanks to God

Gage and Great Grandma Kathleen

Me, My Mom and Grandma Kathleen in the kitchen

Zander with his Papa Jim back out by the campfire.
He loved this!
My dad thought I'd be a fun thing for the guys to do before dinner!


Chillin around the Fire pit.