More of Christmas (in March!!)

Warmest Christmas EVER!! But we went skating....none the less!! and sking in Duluth!
Our Oldests.... Audra and Oskar on the slopes doing their thing:)
This is a perfect shot of my niece Ilsa!! aaaahhh she has charisma!!

Christmas (in February).....

The crop of Lindamans (except for Uncle Chad....whom we missed). This is Christmas Eve. Slightly adorned...static hair with sweaters and coats. We had our Christmas Eve service all together and Jann & Den's church. I am so grateful for our time in MN at Christmas this year. It's a highlight for the year....
MorMor & Grandpa with slightly less adorned children post celebration!! Full bellies and gifts to be opened! This feels like one of those photos to be looked back on with all cousins present!
Playing games.....all the girl cousins and Joey:)

Birthday Boy

Cupcakes, friends and some backyard football marked Dane's 3rd birthday.... He is full of life, funny sentences, lots of loving and very adaptable. Happy Birthday Daney-Doo!!

Be grateful in all seasons....

Is it mid-September? late October? Or end of December here in Houston. This Fall, rumor has it that our drought along with a spell of warm days and cool nights gave us a real Fall which we normal see come and go with little fanfare. Only our Fall came at Christmas. These pictures are taken the last day of school just a few days before heading to MN for Christmas. The kids and I loved walking home every day for a few weeks with real Fall colors on the leaves. I have to say growing up in Minnesota this messes with my system. I could not get into the idea of Christmas while we were playing in leaves? The really strange part is that while we were gone in MN we had rain. Yes....several days of rain and the temperatures warmed up and we now have green grass!!!!!! We had dead dying grass all summer and now January we have green grass!!

Fall at Christmas? summer in the winter? we may just be shooting off fireworks on Valentines?!

A Little Disney Magic

There is something a little magical when you see them light up the castle at night with the fairy godmother coming onto one of those little balconies and waving her want and poof up go the lights!
One for the memories... We did it, we made it through a week of Disney with four young kids. Thank you Mimi and Poppy!

More of the parks

It was warm (as you can see by shorts) so we had a moment with the snowman trying to remember it was Thanksgiving and not the 4th of July!
Star Wars 3D ride. I had to take my glasses off and stare at my legs so I would not VOMIT after this ride. The kids loved it and ran to do it again!! UGH!
Mexico....chachacha

A Very Disney THanksgiving... (a little late)

The Carlson family run into none other than some of the cast of Jungle Book. It was a throw back moment for me as I was 3 (I think) when I went to Disney with my family for the first time. So watching Dane was fun. (the bear behind me....KINDA BIG!)
we had the great fun of going with Chris' parents and Whitlocks to Disney for THanksgiving!