Christmas day at home

We've had some crazy amounts of snow here this winter. Here is a picture of my patio set on the back deck.

going, going,.......

.... and gone!

Christmas day at our house, we had a pretty quiet day. We didn't have to go anywhere, so we just did gifts with our kids after church.

Their customary cheesy grins when I am trying to take a nice photo.... aren't they darling children... :)

Kuiper family Christmas

This year, the Kuiper family Christmas party had a big hole in it... We missed all of our out of state family terribly. Only 4 of the 9 kids were there! It just wasn't the same... but in spite of that, we managed to have a great time. For the first time, we decided to do an early afternoon party on a Sat. (Dec. 20). We went to Charlie's Dump by dad and mom's house, and went sledding, which was a riot. The kids had a great time. I didn't take my camera sledding, and Brad's battery went dead shortly after we got there, but Dana got some shots on real film, so I'll have to wait for her to old school develope them, and them, and then I can post some... Then we headed back to dad and mom's for appetizers and hot chocolate. Then the kids opening their presents, and by then we were all so stufed we couldn't even think about supper... so we ate supper at like 7:30. But we played games, and it was a good time. I should have taken more pics... all I really got was one of each grandkid opening presents.... so sorry for the lack of adult pics, but here you go.....

Annica

Evan

Oliver- getting his first christmas fleece from Grandma

Max

Ethan

Nick
Taylor

Lindsey

Mackenzie

Engelsma Christmas Party

Hello all. It has been well over a month since I've posted anything. I guess I didn't have much exciting going on. Unless of course you count.... WE SOLD OUR HOUSE, WE SOLD OUR HOUSE, WE SOLD OUR HOOOOOOUUUUSEE!!!! No big deal :) he he. Yes, we finally sold our house, and we will be closing, Lord willing, on Dec. 30. So for now, we are just enjoying the Christmas season, and I'll give you a few pics from the various parties. So this post will be about the Engelsma family party at Mark and Liz Langeraks on Dec. 13.

Evan, opening his "museum model"-like T-rex. For ages 6+, yet mom and dad are

STRUGGLING big time to understand how to put it together.

Annica got a horse purse which is darling, but her daddy has forbidden it to be taken to church.... can you all help me with that... it's cute isn't it?

Grandpa and Grandma Engelsma with all their grandkids.


Grandpa E. is sleeping right in the middle of the party. Poor man had a kidney stone that week, and was on so many drugs, he couldn't be expected to stay awake!

This past week we went outside on our last really nice day, and tried to take the kid's birthday pictures. It was quite the photo shoot, I'll tell you what. With our goofy kids who only make geeky faces, instead of smiling nicely! :) Yes Dwight, I realize that is a fragment! Aunt Dana did her best to get some good pics, and these are some of my favorites... haven't decided which ones to make into wallets and send... probably just wait for my Christmas card. I'm pretty bad about handing out pictures!
Anyway, here they are. I always start downloading my favorite pics first, and then they end up last, sooooo, in reverse order, here is our day!


Grandma Kuiper MADE the poor kids sit in the tree. Can you see the sheer terror on their faces? Evan said something like- please let me get down, this hurts my winkie!

We took all these pictures at my friend Kelly Langerak's (Rus) house. These are her little boys, Jeremy and Owen, Evan and Annica's little friends.

Always dedicated, Grandma K. along for the ride, there to make the kids smile, and hold the balloons from flying away!

This picture is very much who Evan and Annica are! It is now my desktop wallpaper.

We were trying to take pictures with Evan having 5 balloons, and 3 for Annica, but it was sooo windy, that we gave up, and didn't get any good ones that way!

VERY bored with the whole production.

That's more like him!!

I love this picture, b/c mom has almost the same shot of Dwight and I at this age.

Alison Noorman's wedding

Alison Noorman got married on Oct 17 to Seth Griess from Colorado. She is such a sweet girl, and she asked me to do her wedding flowers, so Lynn Holstege and I did them. Here are some pics of the church/flowers. (Note especially Lynn's "tail" when she's up on that bench!)

First Post for Us!!

Okay, the Engelsmas are going to start blogging so that we can keep our out of town family in the loop. I love reading Dwight and Leshia's blog, and seeing all their pictures!! This first one is just going to be a bunch of pictures from the kid's birthday party. In the future I'll try to be more interesting, and keep up on it! :) Enjoy!

Annica opening her new Cabbage Patch, just like the one mommy used to have.

Evan opening his new Legos.

The birthday kids. Evan (5), Annica (3).

Annica in the kitchen before people came, trying to get food!

Here is the kid's birthday cake. Evan (5), Annica (3).