copper, my baby boy...

i always joke that copper is my first child and my only baby boy. I tend to forget to take pictures of him with the girls, so as we were beginning to take the christmas tree down, I caught a few shots of my copper - my "good boy"... i love it when his ears perk up, but he knows when the camera is going to flash, so it is hard to catch him. i actually had to use the "grandma and grandpa are here" line, so he would get excited!
hanging out by the tree one last time...

look at how he sits...too funny!

three christmases...

we had a blessed (and busy!) three days of christmases, but they were filled with lots of love and magic. Here are pictures from Christmas Eve with the Schaffer Families, Christmas Day with the Woods Family, and the day after Christmas with the Sederholm and Withers Families. Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night...

CHRISTMAS EVE

livia and grandma marilyn...
the grandkids with santa...

sophia wearing her new pajamas from santa...

are you ready santa?

the girls are ready for bed and santa!

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CHRISTMAS DAY

sophia on her new bike from santa...just what she wanted!

livia with her new 3ds from santa....just what she wanted!

ready for mass...look at that smile!

the girls with grandma pam and grandpa mike...

making "santa" cookies...

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THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS

ready to eat a delicious meal at the sederholms...

the girls with grandma nancy...

kaytlin (12) and sophia (3)...

livia (6) and elana (10)...

craft time!

the girls with their finished ornament...

mary, did you know...

sophia participated in her first preschool christmas program on thursday morning. The name of the production was "This is the Stable". To our surprise, Sophia played "Mary" in the play, and she did a great job! We are so proud...

singing holiday songs with her preschool friends

a visit with santa...

the girls put on their christmas "best" yesterday and headed to mall with bobby and me. Sophia was a little apprehensive to sit on Santa's lap, so she decided she would stand next to him. Livia, of course, had no problems sitting on Santa's lap. Both girls did a wonderful job of posing for me (3 pictures only) and later, telling Santa what they wanted for Christmas. It was a lovely visit with santa...

christmas in new ulm...

we spent the afternoon at uncle windy and aunt donna's house in new ulm on saturday. It turned out to be a snowy day for us; luckily Bobby is such a great driver! We were able to Skype to Nate and Cathy in Argentina, open some presents (i lost out from the coveted gift again this year, but still got a good one in return!), conversed with fun family members, and chased sophia up and down the stairs more than a hundred times (okay, maybe it wasn't a hundred times, but it sure felt like it!). It was a fun Christmas, and I am always sad to say good-bye to the Windschitl Family Christmas for another year... our beautiful girls in their christmas dresses

livia's legos

sophia's "magna doodle"

grandma and the girls...

look what livia made (she also took the picture!)

one game of 6-5-4 before saying "good-bye"...

too much fun...

on saturday we met up with our good friends, paul, laurie, and owen for some fun at edenborough park. The kids had a blast climbing, jumping, sliding, and scooting around the indoor park. Afterwards we headed to the Macaroni Grill for some edible delights, as well as some lovely Christmas presents. It was another fun time with the Mordorski Family! As always, we had too much fun...jumping in the "hopper"
livia and owen talking to each other

sophia scootin' around

livia (with dad's trusty hand) ready to be pushed on her scooter chair

i think he likes it!

look at all those presents! thanks, paul, laurie, and owen!

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going green...

livia's creative spirit always amazes me - here is her picture of santa with a reindeer!

sophia's creative holiday picture - it is a sleigh (just like her sister) with a purple rainbow!

thanksgiving weekend...

this thanksgiving we celebrated the holiday at my parents' house along with grandma nancy, auntie susan, and auntie jill. it was a relaxing and enjoyable day with all the families! the day after thanksgiving is always our tree cutting day. As always, we headed to Litchfield to Turck's Trees to cut down our own Christmas tree. It felt a little weird this year, since there was no snow. But add some family, apple cider, and christmas music - and it's starting to feel like Christmas!

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standing next to THE tree (a black hills spruce - a first for the withers family!)

"how does it look, daddy?"

"is that one cupid, mama?"

our two little snow"girls"