Where is Baby Jesus?

Linnea gave this sweet nativity set to Lily on her first birthday...

The kids have spent many fun years playing with all of the pieces...

 One night, after getting all the kids to bed,
I came out into the living room and noticed that someone
had been playing with the set and had put them in a particular arrangement...

They were now, no longer surrounding the manager,
but in lined up in single file order led by the angel

followed by Joseph, Mary,
and Sankta Lucia

 the wise men, a Madame Alexander doll

 and of course all the animals in the stable.

As I studied the scene,
I realized the reason for the parade

 Baby Jesus had gone missing

He was gone for 2 days

 until a little Bubba walked into his room
and came out five minutes later
with Baby Jesus
held tightly in his little fist

and then, Greg straightened out our tree.

Christmas Card Picture

This is what happens when I try to corral the three kids to take a picture for 

our Christmas card 2011

Not too bad, but not true smiles from the girls...

Oskar takes a break in the next few pictures...

 Everyone on break...

bribed to come back with cookies...

all three with a mouthful of cookie...

and, we're done...

Not sure which will make the cut....

Just a quick post...

I thought this was a beautiful picture of my mom and Oskar

taken by Nela

and posted on facebook

Still Trying

While I am still not able to download new pictures to my computer

I do know what the problem is,

I need a new picture reader thingy....

maybe it will be in my stocking this Christmas!

But, until then I thought I would use Greg's computer real quickly

to post some new pictures.

No story to tell here, but I was fooling around 

with the settings on our camera one early fall day and got some 

pretty pictures of the girls while Oskar napped.

Every Monday the principal of my building sends out a weekly newsletter called

The Happenings.

This is to let us know the "happenings" of the building,

anything special that's going on during the week, 

or things that might be coming up.

At the end of today's Happenings he wrote

"As you may know, Shannon Johnson will be returning to the building
this Wedensday.  We want to thank Laura Andrews for all that she has
done in the last three months while Shannon has been out."

As I read this, I realized two things;

1) my principal clearly recycles the Happenings year to year

and doesn't always do a thorough job of proofreading it.

2) this was the week I returned to work last year after having Oskar.

So, I thought it was time to do a quick year in review...

well, a year and 4 months in review...

and, no,
I still have not figured out why I can't download new pictures onto my laptop...

Greg is of course at the library...

so it will have to wait...

maybe I'll have Halloween pictures posted by Christmas!

Enjoy

July 5, 2010 arrival

 Meeting the sisters for the first time...

I would like to add that I went a whole day and a half with
no one telling me the hair clip Hannah Grace
had put in my hair long before we left for the hospital
was still in my hair.

I don't usually wear pink butterfly clips outside of my home....
and allow myself to be photographed.

 Chillin' at home.

Hanging with the sisters.

 First trip to Stormy Lake.

 First smiles.

 Hanging on for dear life.

 Da Bears.

 No one knows what's going on here.

My favorite picture of Bubba.

 Sporting a little mohawk.

Who can say?

 I don't know why but this picture always reminds me of Grandpa Ray.

 Smiles and giggles.

Christmas 2010

 First haircut.

Hanging with the cousin.

 Skip 6 months to June
(not sure where those pictures are.)

 Playtime.

 More smiles.

 This boy loves his daddy.

He's a mama's boy too.

 Special times with Grandpa.

 Eating sand with Burns.

 Cubs fan.

 Getting some help with his bottle.

and, this is where the picture story ends.

When I get the last 3 months of pictures uploaded I will share the rest!