Christmas Town

 

Adam and I decided on a whim to take our kids to the "Bavarian Getaway" town of Leavenworth for their  annual Christmas Lighting Festival.  Once the evening settled in, the town lit up with thousands of twinkling Christmas lists.  Not only were there thousands of lights, there were TONS of people, too many people especially for Tessa.  Still the kids enjoyed meeting St. Nicholas and making lanterns to take home. We also met Rudolph, Santa's Elf, and Father Christmas.

Our Little Reindeers

 Looks like Emily is making a reindeer face!  

Can you spot the blond-haired boy looking straight at the camera? That's Michael singing with his 

Kindergarten class. For one song, they got to wear shades. That was definitely a highlight of the performance.

 Emily's more difficult to spot in this photo, although I can see her also looking with a smile at the camera.

 

Another highlight of the evening--Emily  had a speaking part as one of Santa's reindeer.  This was the first of many back-to-back school Christmas programs.

Thankgiving Jam

What a rock star!

These photos are from Thanksgiving. I didn't have a voice (woke up just able to whisper), but I was singing inside while we jammed with family. I think we need to have a hoedown one of these days!

Thanksgiving at the Anderson's

We had a wonderful feast at our house for Thanksgiving dinner. We borrowed some extra tables and chairs from friends to have a spot for the nine adults and ten children eating with us. Adam and I were glad to have the space for all our guests. The kids quickly ate and wandered off to play, but Tess stayed at the kids' table and moved from plate to plate sampling a bit of each.