Santa Pictures

I really didn't want to sit on Santa's lap, but everyone made me.

Mom and Emily started punching each other?

All of the Great Grandchildren.

Ice Skating on the Lake....

Sydney, Kaydree, Courtney and Korin
Sydney took off her hat and her older sisters raced to put it back on...this is how it turned out!

Korin and Courtney

Sydney was very elegant on ice.

Courtney struck a pose!

Korin was the most adventerous one, although she ended up on the ice the most.

Grandma and Courtney

We rode in the back of Grandpa's truck.

Swedish Christmas Coffee

A few days ago my friend Allison asked me if i wanted to come to a Swedish Tea Party thing with her Saturday the sixth of December at 9:00 AM. It sounded fun plus i had nothing better to do so i said yeah sure ill go. You had to buy tickets which they already had one and wouldnt let me pay for it...i didnt really know what to expect or what to wear or anything but i ended up wearing black pants, high heels(i dont like them but i didnt trip) and a really cute redish looking shirt. Allison said theyd pick me up at 8:20 which i thought was early but acctually they came to get me and 8:10.. i didnt know where it was at but it just to happens it was at the church really close to my house. its really pretty inside. we had to sit in the church and talk for awhile till the tea thing acctually started and i was kinda pretty nervous about what i would have to eat there cause dad said that they eat raw fish at swedish tea partys.
We sat down and they had a whole program and everything. it was really packed with a ton of people there. you could either have tea, coffee, or water to drink. me and allison stuck with the water. i guess shes been going with her grandma every year sence she was 4 so thatd be 10 years. to eat (in english what the card said) they had swedish cheese, christmas bread, fruit soup, butter cookies, snowball cookies, and something else but i forgot what it was called. it was all good and i liked it alot except the fruit soup and the cheese. They had these people playing the accordian(?) and they were good. They told stories about christmas and a sain whose name i forgot. they had the little girls have white robes with red sashes on and a wreth with candles(fake) on their heads and they went around to everyone and gave us mints.(see picture above).
It was really cute and i liked it alot acctually it was pretty fun! you could have bought food or crafts after the tea party but we didnt. for the rest of the day we are putting up christmas stuff and then i am going to the play THE TAMEING OF THE SHREW (required for a drama grade 100%) (its dumb cause we have to pay but we have to go unless you daont care if you fail). So i might blog about that depending on if i have anything to say about it. :)