Elbow, Omaha Children's Museum Models, USAF Band, Sunday School Christmas Program, Christmas Parties, Sam Wins a Hot Dog, and Ice Skating at Mahoney!

Sam and Alden went to the Christmas Carol at the Omaha Community Play House with Grandma and Grandpa McKnight While Clair went to the ER because of a dislocated elbow.  Guess which arm.

All better!

Michelle teaches Body Combat, a Les Mills program, at the Plattsmouth Community Center.  Les Mills had a Quarterly Workshop in Omaha at the Downtown YMCA. These are instructors from our gym that went with Michelle!

Sam's beauty school. 

They kids were the cover models for the Omaha Children's Museum for the Construction exhibit. 

And for the New Year Eve party.

We took the kids to the Heartland of America Band Christmas Concert.  

They got to meet Santa, Clair screamed.

Michelle and Sam in the Holland Center

Doug and Alden rockin' the matching sweaters.  Also with us that night was Grandma Nancy and Sandy and Grandpa Jim.  The kids sat through the concert very well!

Sunday School Christmas program was the True Meaning of the Twelve Days of Christmas.

Sam was the first day of Christmas.  She did Great with her lines!

McKnight Family Christmas!  Scott and Max hanging out.

Michelle and Max also chilling.

Clair and Alden decided to be stinkers and not pose well for pictures.  You can guess how that frustrated Michelle.

Samantha's Kindergarten class Christmas party.

Jim and Doug took Sam and Alden to a Husker basketball game.  Sam got picked to be in a game at half time.  They put all the kids shoes in a pile at center court. Then they had to run and put them on and come back and make a basket.  Samantha found the girl in blue's shoes for her because they had the same type of boots.  

She almost made it to the hoop.

She won a hot dog for playing.  Alden was the real winner.

Then the kids hung out with this guy in a Santa suit.  

Christmas with Great grandma and grandpa McKnight!

They love this little game where they match shapes and Grandpa is good at it too.

Richardson Christmas  Here is the Great Grand Kids.

Nancy with her favorite grandson.

Clair resetting passwords on Melisa's phone.

Holman Christmas!  We played a game that involved this, but it was long over when I took this pic.

The whole group of Great Grand Kids.  All of them seem to be looking at something.

Yep that's it.

Not sure about this one.

BINGO time.

After Christmas there was a nice warm day and we got some Ice time at Mahoney State Park!

And we ran into Shaely and Teresa at the rink.  

So nice that day we even climb the tower! 

Sam and Jayda at the Rose.  

And that sums up most of December 2011!

A visit to see Santa & Herbie

Doug & his dad took Alden to the Husker Basketball game when they played Grambling on December 21st.

He got a picture taken with Santa (we're pretty sure it's one of the football players), Herbie, & and few cheerleaders. I think it's funny that they made Doug get in the picture! :)

Alden wanted his picture taken by the Big 8 Championship trophy!

The start of our Christmas season...

We had family Christmas pictures taken on Sunday, November 21st at Oakview Mall in Omaha. They went absolutely horrible! And Clair hit her head on one of the stools in the studio. Her bump swelled up pretty big and we called it quits. After pictures were done visited Santa. Alden & Samantha did well, but Clair wanted nothing to do with that big scary, hairy old man. :)

That evening, we put up our Christmas tree (a little early because of our upcoming Disney trip). The kids helped me put the ribbon on this year and did a great job! We each put on our favorite ornaments - including our new ones from this year: Samantha - Jessie from Toy Story; Alden - Animal from The Muppets (playing the drums); and Clair - Mickey Mouse Choo Choo Express. The kids really enjoyed hearing about why we have certain ornaments and it was fun explaining it to them! Clair was a lot of trouble while putting up the tree. She always had to be in on what we were doing. She loved to lay on Doug's lap under the tree while he tried top pug all the lights in together. She also tried to climb the step stools we were using! She also wanted nothing to do with a picture at the end of the night!

Christmas Morning

We went to Doug's parent's house on Christmas Eve morning before the snow really started falling. We basically moved in because we wanted to be able to have Christmas was them on Christmas Day. We woke up on Christmas Morning to find Santa Claus had come during the night and left presents for them and filled up their stockings! The kids were VERY excited! :) Samantha got the Pony House for her My Little Ponies, a Leap Frog reading system, and a Tinker Bell Barbie. Alden got lots of Legos, small toy airplanes, and a Toy Story play camera. Clair got lots of rattles, soft fuzzy blocks, and some books. We had a good time opening gifts. Clair liked the shiny paper that Santa used for all the presents! :)