December...gift shopping, Great-Grandma Josie's birthday, more gift shopping, Christmas, Grandma Candy's birthday, New Years Eve, Christmas break and snowboarding. Whew...thats alot! We had a wonderful Christmas...Santa was very good to all of us this year. The boys have started a 'band' with their new electric guitars and Guitar Hero World Tour. The name of the band is Granite Rocks--it is made up of Keegan on lead guitar and vocals, neighbor-friend Grace on lead vocals, her brother Gus on drums and neighbor-friend Sophie on bass guitar. Griffin is their 'roadie' and plays back-up guitar and drums. Keegan has been busy writing songs and is determined to be the next 'School of Rock'.
We celebrated Christmas in Winona with Gregg's family the weekend before Christmas. We continued the tradition of Nerf gun wars. Uncle Tom and Uncle Paul became the target many times, getting beaned right in the forehead unexpectedly--much to the delight of the nerf gun stalker. Auntie Jojo received her very own Nerf gun this year, which helps the parents have a fighting chance in the war against Josh, Ally, Keegan and Griffin. We celebrated with my family on New Year's Eve at the indoor Waterpark hotel in Duluth--it was so much fun! The waterpark was open until 1:00 am and the boys and their cousin Austin made it until 1:00 am--we rang in the new year, blowing party horns down the water slides--how much fun is that? We stay home for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and celebrate with our own family traditions of baking treats for Santa, leaving carrots for the reindeer and placing Rudolph's bells (which he dropped here 3 years ago) on the tree on Christmas Eve. Every year those darn reindeer poop all over our yard and our sidewalk. And every year they gobble up the carrots and Santa enjoys his treats and can of Coke (we arent total traditionalists)--plus as Keegan pointed out, Santas picture is right on the can of Coke. Apparently Santa has the same addiction to Coke as I do. ;)
Uncle Paul, Aunti Jojo, Josh and Ally came to our house in the afternoon and we went sledding and we all went to see Marley and Me Christmas night. We walked out of the movie with a new appreciation for Cooper, our neurotic chocolate lab and Kingsley, the crazed Cock-A-Poodle-Doo. Marley made these two look like angels...
During Christmas break we did some snowboarding and Griffin even got on a board this year! He loved it. Said it was much more 'funner' than having to make a pizza 'all day long' with his skis. Keegan has gotten to be quite the rider so it's fun for us to go out for a day and ride together. I'm sure the day will come soon that its no longer cool to go snowboarding with Mom and Dad and we'll have to ride 2 chairs behind he and his buddies, so we take advantage of as many opportunities as we can right now.
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