Our favorite little Elf

Arie has been having a lot of fun getting into the Christmas gifts and playing with the bows! She is really going to love opening gifts on Christmas, we cannot wait to watch her! What a blessing!

Look it's Santa!

Joel and I had the day off to finish our Christmas shopping, we took Arie to daycare so we could have the day to get it all done...wrapped and all! That afternoon we picked Arie up early from daycare and headed back to the mall-much to Joel's dismay but this time it was to meet Santa!

Arie did great, she kept smiling at the "elves" and looking up at Santa and playing with the fur on his sleeve. We got a great picture to always remember her fist time meeting good Ole Saint Nick! Wish we could put it up on the blog for all to see but we don't have a scanner...but let me tell you it is CUTE! :)

Arie's 1st Christmas tree!

Arie loves the Christmas tree! She crawls over to is and sits there looking at it and so gently touches the branches and the ornaments. She is so sweet!

Happy Turkey Day!

We had a relaxing and quiet Thanksgiving this year in Fargo. We spent the day with Joel's parents and had a great feast for just us 4! Arie tried a little bite of mashed potatoes and enjoyed spending the day on Grandma's lap looking at the Black Friday ads. Later that day Kara, Andy and the kids joined us for left over turkey sandwhiches, chip dip of course and "orange stuff". We managed to get a couple quick family pics in before all the kids had had enough! We hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving too! We know how busy it gets around the Holidays and wish everyone a safe and happy Holiday season!