2012: An Elmo New Year

January and we finally get enough freakin' snow to build a snowman! Lasted about a week.

Hey Mommy, look what I found in the dryer!

Christmas 2011

Start the season off right ... Other Grandma with Santa, Branson style!

Other Grandma brought some great presents, not least of which were these ornaments for the girls from Hostfest in Minot

Miss Taylor brings her mommy and daddy for a visit

Presents from the Roseau gang, yay!

Standard procedure, child with finger up nose

Christmas cookies!

We picked Ella up at this bar after closing, somebody had loaded her into a wheelbarrow, it was really embarrassing...

Matti's first time in curlers I think?

Awwww...

Ellie Bean checks out the presents pile

Matti's stash

Ella's stash

As per usual for a munchkin of Ella's age...

Hooray! Hooray! [what was this for again?]

Ellie Bean models an outfit her mommy wore long ago (but not that long ago!)

The girls hangin' in their new castle!

A brown Christmas means a walk in the park

Matti finds a spot to sun herself

First skating lesson

Matti did fantastic at her first lesson! The hardest part for her was figuring out why the other kids were crying at various points.

matti writing a letter to santa at macy's

matti ringing the bell with daddy

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