2010 Carriage Ride

Thursday was the 1st time we could ride on the annual free horse and carriage ride in nearby Rockford.




This is a shot of the first riders coming around the final corner.



























Andrew liked the horses.














Andrew had a lot of fun watching the people in the hair stylist shop.











We got to ride in Gus' carriage. (Gus was the horse!)

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The 2nd carriage horse kept coming next to us and Andrew kept waving at him.

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Saying hi to Gus after our ride.

Shattered Memento

When we got Emily's 9 month pictures taken, we purchased an ornament with a picture of the 2 girls on it.

Arrow showing the ornament in 2008

Arrow showing the ornament in 2009

The ornament in 2010.

Andrew some how got ahold of it while we were decorating the tree and was banging it together with another ornament (He thought they were balls) and it shattered.

Here is what is left of the pictures.

I decided to see if I could find a replacement ornament. I found that both Walmart and Meijer had ceramic ornaments, but Walmart's was cheaper, so I ordered one from there. It isn't exactly the same, but it still has the girls' picture on it.

Just Like Daddy

Dan was brushing his teeth and Andrew wanted to brush his, too!

(Dan was finished by the time I could get the camera)

Hometown Christmas Parade

This year our town had a Christmas parade. I don't know if they have had them before, but this is the first one we've heard about. The kids and I along with my parents and sister's kids decided to go.


They had crafts beforehand.
























































Gathering for the parade













We found a bench to wait on.














This is William during the firetrucks and police cars.



















The pictures don't show up very well since it was dark, but here they are!

Christmas Concert and Snow!

Sarah had her "Holiday Concert" Monday night. Her class sang 2 songs about Santa and one Hanakah song. Other groups sang Thanksgiving songs, too!

Sarah had to be there at 6:15 and the concert started at 6:30. But after coming at that time last year and sitting in the top section, we decided to arrive early!

This is us waiting.

Sarah is in the middle of the middle row (right behind the girl in the black pants outfit)

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I think Sarah was a little bummed about not being picked to go in front with the special instruments.

Sarah's class singing "Jolly Old St. Nicholas"

In the morning, we woke up to the first measureable snow! It snowed all day long, so we have even more snow now.

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Andy had snow on his finger and thought it was an interesting sensation.

A cute shot of Andrew in the car on our way somewhere later that day.