Ben, Peter and I had a great Christmas and New Year's! We were up in EGF from December 22nd until yesterday, January 1st. (Peter is staying up there with my parents until January 7th as Ben and I are in a wedding next weekend so they have to take care of him for us!) We took over a 100 pictures in the last couple of weeks but I've provided just a few of the highlights...
From Santa Clause, Peter got a Little People Farm with all kinds of animals and people figurines to go with it. It makes a bunch of animal noises. He also got a pink piggy bank with big plastic coins from Santa. It counts and makes songs. He loves it! On Christmas Eve afternoon we went over to my grandparent's house (Peter's great-grandparents) and we opened some presents. Peter got a train, teddy bear and a shape sorter. He likes the shape sorter the best. :) Peter and Bella took a picture with Great Grandpa Bob and Great Grandma Ione. Later in the evening on Christmas Eve, we fondue'd (if you don't know what that is, ask someone and they will tell you) at my parents place with my aunt from Chicago, Becky and Brad, Amy and Bella. We opened our family presents after that. Brad, Amy and Grandpa Punky and Grandma Berta spoiled Peter rotten! Peter's Godmother "Auntie" Haley was in town so we got to spend a lot of time with her and her fiancee Jacob. We went out together a few times. Ben and my brother Brad played in a poker tournament one night. There were 60 guys and it lasted around 4 hours and Ben made it to the last table! I won $20 playing Bingo that night. Peter woke up on December 30th with a new tooth...7 total now. We were going to drive back to Mankato on New Year's Eve because Ben was supposed to work on New Year's Day at Menards, but the weather from Grand Forks down to St. Cloud was horrible so Ben had to call in to work and tell them he couldn't make it. We went out to eat with my sister-in-law Amy and a bunch of her family to the Bar/Restaurant that my brother Brad manages. We had lobster and walleye. Then we saw a live comedian and waited with family and friends for the ball to drop to welcome 2007! Ben and I have been together for 4 New Year's now and this one was the first one where we were both in the same town, in the same place at the same time when the clock turned over so we finally got to kiss at midnight. It was great...yes a picture for that too! We experienced so much more fun and excitement over the past 2 weeks, but there isn't enough time in the day to explain it all here. We hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday season! We sure did!
FYI: Peter is going to be getting tubes in his ears on January 9th. He will be put to sleep for it and it should all turn out ok, but please keep him (and us) in your prayers during this time. Also, Ben will be having some tests done at Mayo Clinic of Rochester during the week of January 15th so please keep him in your prayers for that as we hope to find some answers regarding his nocturnal seizures. Hopefully God will reveal some of His mysteries to us through the wonderful doctors there. Thanks and have a healthy and happy 2007! (We sure are trying!)
