Hanging out at Grandma Pat's House

The girls and Baby Ty posing for a picture. They thought it would be fun for everybody to sit on top of one another.

Jeremy loves to entertain the little ones. He had fun playing with Baby Ty while we were at Grandma Pat's house.

Swimming Fun

The kids had a great time in the pool. I was very proud of Allie. We have had problems getting her in large amounts of water. She loves to play in the bathtub, but not in lakes. She has been a little scared in the past, so I was very happy that she went in the pool with her auntie and cousins. She had lots of fun.

Manor Family Christmas

We had a great time at the Plaza. It's always so nice to see everybody. The food and entertainment were wonderful as always. Great job Shana!!

Singing with Grandma Lila

These 4 have such wonderful voices. We look forward to hearing you sing again next year.

Christmas Day

These pictures are in the wrong order, but that's ok. Sheri, Paul, Jordan and Morgan came to visit us on Christmas day. We had a nice dinner, opened presents and hung out for the night. The next day Allie, grandma, grandpa and auntie headed to Nelson to see Grandma Pat. (We also went to Nelson on Christmas Eve, but I forgot my camera. We had a nice time with the Davis side of the family).

Here Allie is opening some of her presents. These are twin dolls that talk to each other. They say nursery rhymes and a bunch of other things. I thought they were pretty cute, but I have heard that they remind some people of the "Chucky" dolls.

Allie dumping everything out of her stocking to see what she got.

Outside Fun!!

Allie and Etnie had a great time playing outside. We love our little puppy, but she sure does have lots of energy. It's kind of hard to keep up with her and Allie.

Etnie meeting the neighbor puppy for the 1st time.

Allie holding Etnie, which does not happen very often. Usually Etnie won't stay still this long, especially for Allie. But they sure love each other.

Thanksgiving

Allie and I traveled to North Dakota for Thanksgiving this year. We spent a week visiting my family and also stopping in at Sheri and Paul's in Fergus on our way to ND and on our way back. It's nice to be able to break the trip up a little bit.

We spent Thanksgiving at Bonnie and Gilmore's house in Westhope. Allie also got to open her Christmas gifts from my family while we were home. Bonnie had already decorated the house for Christmas when we got there. Allie had lots of fun playing with Lee and opening gifts.

We also met up with one of my high school classmates, Marisa. She had a baby boy named Paul at the beginning of November. I believe he is around 3 weeks old in this picture. Allie thought it was great to get to hold him. It was nice to get to see Marisa and Katie while we were home. I don't always have time to see friends while I am home. We had a great time and it was even better that we had pretty good weather the whole time we were home. Although it sure felt a lot colder there than it is in Rochester.

The "House of Bounce"

The Monday after Thanksgiving, Allie and I spent half the day at the House of Bounce. It is a large warehouse full of bouncy castles and slides. Allie and I had a great time (the adults get to bounce too).