Sarah's Winter Piano Recital

(Sarah and her teacher Bridgett)

Sarah has been working hard on two pieces that she performed on Friday at her recital. She had chosen "Silent Night" and "Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring". She did a wonderful job! She was a little nervous at first, but then she warmed up and did great. She is growing up so fast. We are lucky to have such a cute kid as our daughter.

Be warned that the video below is totally amateur. I was trying to keep a toddler at bay while filming. :)

The family that plays together...

Stays together.

This is our new favorite night time activity.  Playing Mario Kart on the Wii.  The kids love it when daddy unlocks new levels for them.  Even Lily got in on the action tonight.  It was so cute I had to capture it. 

p.s. Yes, that is our original 19 inch TV we purchased 11 years ago.  Still going strong. 

Isn't she cute...

New Calling

Just a little update.  A couple weeks ago I was released from my calling in the RS presidency and called as the Nursery Leader.

I am so excited for my new calling.  The little kids in my class are so sweet. They love having books read to them and they all play so well together.  This could be the best calling in our Church.  In six months Lily will be in our class also.  It might be sooner depending on how quickly she learns to walk and how long Dave can last watching her.

We get to play with puzzles, run around the gym, eat goldfish, and play with bubbles.  Really, could there be anything better?   It will be fun to serve these cute little ones.

Visit with Grandma Venna

The kids loved having their Grandma come and stay with us this past week.

We had a wild week and the kids loved having someone there to play games, feed them treats, and we even talked her into playing a game of bowling on the Wii.

We hope she had a good time and will still want to come again soon.

Jackson Street Roundhouse

On Wednesday we picked up Grandma Venna from the Airport.  She came to experience a true Minnesota winter with us for a week.  :)

We stopped at the Jackson Street Roundhouse, part of the Minnesota Transportation Museum.  We had a very fun time.  We all loved looking inside the trains and learning a little bit about Minnesota History.  The Museum was inside an old roundhouse with lots of big historical engines and cars inside.  A little boys' (and secretly his mommies) dream.

 

While we were there Sarah and Alex saw a typewriter for the first time.  It made me feel very old.  Wow, this thing works without electricity.....cool.

It has been fun having Grandma here. Tonight we had a bowling tournament and a rousing game of Apples to Apples (Grandmas favorite game).

It has been very cold.  Today it actually warmed up to 6 degrees so we went out and did a little shopping.  I will try to post more pictures soon.  We are thinking of skiing and the Nature Center tomorrow...if it is warm enough.

Happy 2010!

We had a lot of fun celebrating New Years Eve last night.  We made lots of good food.  The kids made pinatas earlier in the day.  I thought they were pretty creative so I bought some treats to put in them.  We played some fun games on our Wii.  We had a bowling competition between Daddy, Mommy, and Sarah.  In the end Daddy won, but Mom redemed herself by winning the Home Run Derby later.  Sarah was the best at Tennis and had us all beat. We had such a fun night. 

It was a great way to celebrate a great year.  Lily came into our family, Dave ran his marathon, Mommy ran her 5k, Sarah worked hard in school, and Alex was potty trained.  We said goodbye to our Subaru and hello to a our Sienna.  

If 2010 is anything like last year it will be wonderful!