Saturday, December 27, 2014

Signing off with the last quarter in 2014

Peter & Kaija were in the U.S. for 3 weeks in October and they spent several days with us.  They also went to Hawaii for a week, and stayed an additional week with some other friends in Lincoln.  We had 2 dinner parties with some of our neighbors and a good time was had by all.

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During our July trip to Germany, Peter was BBQ’ing one night and caught Kaija’s favorite pot holders on fire.  Needless to say they were destroyed.  So after we got home I bought an apron and pot holders, ironed on some pictures from the mishap and gave it to Peter during their visit.  We all had a good laugh over it.
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Here’s the story to refresh your memory from my last post on the story.

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Trick or Drink – 2nd Annual Halloween Party

We got together with our neighbors once again for another fun and crazy “Trick or Drink” Halloween party… costumes mandatory.  We had tons of great food and lots of beverages.  Hank was a baby and I was half man/half woman.  Here are just a few of the pictures.

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Since I was half man & half woman, Hank kept telling everyone at the party that I was his Mommy & his Daddy… LOL
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The baby was hungry… something is just not right with this photo.
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Fast Forward to December
Hank & I attended a neighborhood holiday party so we took a couple of pictures before we headed out.  We actually clean up pretty good… LOL

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Kaia FIT Logo

Here are some miscellaneous pictures over the last 2 months of me and my Kaia workout buddies.  We have so much fun working out together… what a great support group of awesome woman.

Dec 13, 2014 Working out with the girls

This picture is labeled “crazy wall sit gone bad”.
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A few of us were selected as K.A.T. girls, “Kaia Alpha Team” and we’re sporting our Kaia sweatshirts that were given to us.  As a K.A.T. girl, we will support and mentor Kaia newbies, demonstrate exercises, and be ready to push ourselves out of our comfort zone and that of our fellow teammates.
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Celebrating Christmas…
so much fun with the kids

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Papa & I gave these head mounted lights to all the little kids and they were a bit hit, they loved them.  They were wearing them around the house, they wore them when we went for an evening walk, and of course they had to try them out in the dark closet.  Just too cute! 
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Jessica made little “house” cakes for the kids to decorate and they did a fantastic job creating their houses.  They were all very proud of their designs.

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Darth Vader even showed up for Christmas!  The statue is almost as tall as 3 year old Alex!
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Of course opening stocking stuffers and gifts is always so exciting.
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You can see from this video how excited the kids were to open their gifts.

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Last of the Homemade Greeting Cards for 2014

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