So I intended to post twice a week for the month of December, but time has flown by and it's already the 13th, so here's my best at catching up.
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| Since the 1st of December, it has been snowing, which has definitely helped make it feel more like Christmas. I hope it sticks around for the whole month, but then I hope the sun comes out because it is COLD here! |
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| Here in Germany they celebrate St. Nikolaus Day on the 6th, so we thought we'd join in on the fun. ("When in Rome…") |
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| The kids were pretty excited about the loot in their boot. |
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| This month has not been the kindest to my baby, Ruka. A week after breaking his arm he got an ear infection. Thank goodness for antibiotics, after a day he was feeling a lot better (but still not sleeping any better…Oh I'm so sleep deprived!). |
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| After 2 weeks, the cast came off! |
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| All that was left was a fixed wrist and a little bruise. |
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| This is part of the hospital where we brought Ruka to. Seriously, the most beautiful Hospital I've ever seen! |
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| Last saturday we had our ward Christmas Party. It was an American brunch plus photos with Santa! |
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| Our photo with Santa. Did we tell you all that we adopted a girl from Vietnam? ha ha j/k! Miya brought her friend Tram Ahu to the ward Christmas Party. Miya is such a great little missionary! |
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| Santa gave each kid a bag full of treats. One of the treats was this large chocolate Santa. Ruka just helped himself to this. (Ruka kind of helps himself to whatever he feels like.) |
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| This is a little bit of what our walk to and from Church looked like last Sunday. |
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| This is what I saw when I went to pick up Emi from school the other day. I love that the kids can go sledding and build snowmen during their recesses and after school. This is definitely not the kind of school experience I had growing up. |
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| Another picture of the kids at school building snowmen on the soccer field. SO FUN! |
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| With all the cold snow outside, the kids have mostly been hanging out indoors. I love it when they all cuddle. |
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| Mason has been working and writing a lot. Maybe the snow/cold is a good thing for him. |
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| The 2nd Advent Sunday. We were invited to a family from our ward's home for the 1st advent Sunday, Mason took the girls and they had a beautiful traditional German dinner and lots of classic German Christmas treats. Ruka and I missed out because we were sick…bummer we missed out. (They did bring us home some treats though…Yummy!) |
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| My little messy face Baby! |
