Christmas at the Cottage

This has been a wonderful week. We were able to celebrate Brielle's first Christmas! We were with her Grandma and Grandpa Kolts at their cottage up north. With all of the snow it was a beautiful sight. It was great being with family. It was so nice, there was no cell phone service, or television so we were really roughing it... :) Everytime we needed a food ingredient that we didn't have, Debbie would say, "well, we are camping!" I'd love to go camping in a big cabin like that all the time!
Setting up the tree was an adventure. First we had to find the tree, which was cut down from outside the cottage. It was about 15' tall! We used a ladder for the top half.

We decided to take Brielle out for a little snow excursion. She made the cutest snow angel (with help, of course!) She is our little angel. Isn't this just the cutest picture???

We had another snow fall when we were there. There was so much snow, it went up past my knees at some points!

Christmas Eve dinner was delicious! Debbie made prime rib with yummy side dishes, and a trifle for dessert.

Brielle's thoughts during dinner...

Christmas Morning!! These are the two cute little babies, celebrating their first Christmas!



There were lots of presents from Santa by the tree. Brielle was so excited, about the wrapping paper. She loved tearing at it. Brielle got lots of fun toys!

Outside with Grandma

Sledding! The bottom of the hill went onto the lake that was supposed to be frozen, but it wasn't quite cold enough. Luckily the tubes float..

Fun in the snow

Dad, get away, no more kisses!

Ok, fine we can be pals again

Cute cousins, Brielle and AJ

Beautiful girl, in a dress that her Aunt Aubrey gave her

Talkin to Grandpa

Tons of snow!

It was a wonderful Christmas. We cannot help but be thankful for all of the blessings we have been given. We have wonderful family that love us, and we are so grateful for the gospel in our lives. We are excited for our upcoming trip to Utah! We will be leaving tomorrow and will be there for almost 2 weeks, yeah!

Santa Clause!

Brielle met Santa Clause for her first time today! She was very solemn. She had just woken up from a nap and we figured she'd be super happy, but she just sat there. It's ok though, she was super cute..as always! She can't wait for Santa to come visit her next week. Can you believe Christmas is next week?? I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and that you travel safely. We're excited to go to Grandma and Grandpa Kolts' cabin for Christmas, and also for our trip to Utah on New Years Eve!

We were able to open our presents from Grandma and Grandpa Henrie and family yesterday over Skype (wonderful thing!) and after we were done, we decided to put Brielle in the box with the wrapping paper. She loved it!

Girls' Night!

Yesterday I had a few friends over for Karaoke Revolution girls night. It was fun! Not many people were able to come, but we had a great time! I always get the same hesitancy at first, but after a while, they warmed up to the singing. Unfortunately their confidence waivered a little when Rob came downstairs with the video camera...he didn't have it on. He's lucky.

I like having girls' nights. It was nice, Brielle was asleep and we just played downstairs and ate good snacks. I think we might try to go professional with our 3 amazing voices! Me and Kendra could be back-up singers to Cassi, who won the tournament! It was super fun.

Brrrr!

This past week has been eventful. Brielle and I got a lot of our Christmas shopping done.  I like to do it as early as possible because of how busy it gets.  Then on Thursday we were able to come home with Rob because his dad was recovering enough to be able to come home early! He was looking great, and Brielle was so excited to see grandma and grandpa.
She was trying to be like her grandpa. Aren't babies the ones who are supposed to be bald? :)

We also have had our first real snow here in Minneapolis! Last week it snowed a lot, and now everything is white! Well, brown and white, with all the mud. We took Brielle out into the snow for her first time ever. I'm not sure she enjoyed it too much, it was so cold. She was good for us though, and let us take pictures but was more excited to get back inside.

Last night we were able to go to our Ward Christmas Party. We had a great dinner, and enjoyed a fun program. We were supposed to see Santa but Brielle was getting very tired so we left. My friend Heathere took some family pictures while we were there. As soon as we get them, they're going on the blog!

This is her new coat that Rob's parents so lovingly bought for her. We think she looks adorable, and it keeps her so warm, especially when it was 5 degrees outside...

My mom said that it was snowing at their house, and was saying that it was supposed to get all the way down into the 20's next week...I used to think that was cold too.

Oh, and I forgot to put this picture on. Brielle was trying to help with the laundry and decided that she'd found a comfy chair. Isn't she cute?!