Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Santa Comes to the Hills

A recap of our holiday week in Rapid City...lots of board games, 2 Christmas celebrations, 2 church services, Pottery 2 Paint with Grandma, a hike in the hills with Papa, bowling with the fam, a few games of pool in the loft, celebration of Jason's 35th birthday, RUSH hockey game, and more board games.
Wonderful way to celebrate Christmas, surrounded by family, hugs, love, and unspoken support for those things that ail us.  We have been fortunate enough to spend so much time with both the Olson and Haggar sides of our family in the month of December.  It helps remind us who is here for us and what is most important in life.  FAMILY!


Aunt Mar and Mak playing with Tim, CT, and Max

Grandma, Kyra, Linc, Papa, and Zak playing Sequence for Kids

Leaving Santa a treat

Christmas morning with Grandma and Papa
(can you tell Grandma was happy to have us home?)



The Olson 2013



Charlie and Mak being goofballs


Baby Zak is growing up so fast!

Pottery 2 Paint



Grandma's favorite pasttime


Hiking with Papa
Love my dad so very much!  Nothing slows him down.



Tim getting the boys in line

BOWLING!


The women bowled against the men  - we tied 1 to 1

 
 
Jason and Tim beat Dad and I pretty bad thanks to me.  UGH (I'm rusty)

 

Jason's birthday shot!

Mom got the sons in law new RUSH hats for the game 

Linc help Tina put the candles on Jason's cake

Jason with 5 of his 8 new nieces and nephews (as of July 2014)

So happy to have her cousins home to play with 

GO RUSH!

This has become a new tradition now for us around Christmas.  Grandma takes all the grandkids for the night and we get to go to the game with Papa.  And they win every time we are home!

Time for meat pies and lamb!

We don't all fit around one table anymore!

Papa and his sidekick eating pickles

Love this pic - Tim with our beautiful nieces, Izzy and Soph

Can't wait to get those gifts opened

Santa delivered a baby!

And the chaos begins!  Presents, presents, presents

The boys' liquor exchange - what makes a guy happier?!

Aunt Faye playing a game with Iz and CT

2 cutie pies love time together!

Time for more games



Papa and Grandma with 7 out of 8 grandkids (Zak needed a nap)

7 wonderfully, entertaining, little midgets that we all love and adore!

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