Various Christmasy Pics

Hey, I've been up since 3:00 am! Can you tell?? :)


The best part during our travels was meeting up with Bridge, Chad and the kids in the Seatac airport for the last leg of the flight. We had the best time greeting them off the plane and hanging out for a couple hours before our flight left. They sat 3 rows ahead of us on the plane, but we wouldn't have known any different since Adam, Greta and I slept the whole way.


Emme and her girl. She is Greta's biggest fan. When Greta got sick Emme was told she couldn't hold Greta that day so she wouldn't get sick too. Her next questions was, "Well, can I sniff her?"

Sweet little Finny giving a shout out to his peeps.He just got some new glasses too! How cute is he? He looks like a little professor, but he doesn't like them and pulls them off constantly Gretch says.

We went over to Grandma B's to help make cookies. The kids were pros at the sprinkles and drained the canisters dry.These two were peas in a pod. Carsten is my cousin who is 3 and Emme is, of course, my niece who is also 3. Carsten is also a huge fan of Greta's petting her from head to toe and playing peek-a-boo.All of us girls, including Mom, went to the spa with a little cash gift my dad gave us for our pampering. Thanks Dad! Do we look relaxed (exhausted) enough? Angie fits right in the Kale clan with her dark hair. We love our soon-to-be sister-in-law.

Surprise Angie! :) Bernie couldn't stand to miss any of the festivities so he made a special visit in the form of a 1 dimensional stand up cardboard cutout of himself. What I love about him is that he actually wore this elf outfit to work and all the guys were wondering what he was doing. He took a picture and then sent it to my dad to get the cutout made so we could take him wherever we went!
We all made a toast to Bernie Christmas morning at breakfast.
Me and Bern doing the classic "real estate agent" pose. Another thank you to those of you who wrote Bernie a note for the Christmas card I made him. The next time I talked to him he said he was smiling from ear to ear reading it. He loved it.Levi in Emme's cowgirl boots we got her for Christmas.

Kiki and her grandkids. Greta is in her little elf outfit she got from her.
Poor G, being sick, slept through all of the morning festivities so we had our opening of her presents later.

Ironically enough, my parents unknowingly got each other the same gift. A gift card to ebay.

Bridge and Chad's crazy kids.

On our last night, we went over to Gretchen's in-laws for dinner and sing-a-long where we sang hymns and Christmas carols. One of the favorite things I love about my family is that I can always count on a good sing-along when I'm home. I always look forward to it. :)
Greta loved hearing her Kiki sing and got very quiet listening to the sound of the guitar.
Bridgette and Levi in Grandma Kale's yard on Christmas day.

Us in front of my Grandma Kale's house.