The Olson Gang Rides Again

Ryan was finally able to pick up his Christmas gift today. He has been asking for it every single day. We filled it up and headed out on the town to show it off. We are looking forward to visiting family and friends "in style". However, after driving around the neighborhood we have discovered it is VERY COLD!! See you in the spring! Candace is featuring her new helmet as she sits upon "the bike", Ryan can handle it much better as seen in the other two pictures! Candace will be more of a passenger than a rider.

Anderson Christmas

Let's see.. one, two, three, four...... twenty-seven, twenty-eight, TWENTY-NINE, yes, we had 29 of our family attend Christmas at Nancy's house. We had Ham with an assortment of sides and desserts. Candace said grace and we all dug in! You can see by the picture that we had a full house! The pictures include my sister Andrea with my niece Mandy, All of us at the dinner table, Grandma and Grandpa with the grandchildren, My parents opening presents, and of course Ryan and I. We had an ornament exchange for the third Christmas in a row. Amy read this year's story and we all got a beautiful new ornament.

Merry Christmas

What a MerryChristmas this season is... Tivoli got some new bones, Candace got a new North Face winter coat, a Denali North Face jacket, lots and lots of Socks AND a zero balance on Ryan's credit card. Ryan got some new shirts, a sweatshirt, a pair of brown shoes (since Tivoli ate his), a tie, a leather jacket AND the keys to his new motorcycle!!!!!! Oh My Gosh!! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!! We love you!

Baking Baking Baking

How many chefs does it take to make Christmas cookies? Well, throughout the day, there were five sisters, four nieces, one nephew, and three cousins preparing cookies, although the guys just helped eat the cookies! There were enough cookies made to at least last the weekend. Tivoli was upset she missed the baking extravaganza, so we decided to bake some dog biscuits with her when we got home.

Snow Day

Tivoli kept praying for a snow day and she got her wish! She likes it because then we get to stay home with her. Actually, Candace wasn't feeling very well (note the thermometer) so Tivoli decided to keep her warm. Isn't she sweet? Tivoli then asked if we could take her picture by the Christmas tree...she didn't like what we were wearing so we weren't allowed in the picture. However, she changed her mind and decided to let us in on one picture.