Ho, ho, ho!

It's off to Montana for Christmas for Cameron, Maia and Ella, so we had Christmas at Gramma and Grandpa's house a week early.

Ella opens the gift she couldn't wait for - her new violin. 

Ella gives us all a little performance. 

One excited little girl! 

Ella enjoys her new gifts! 

Cameron loves his new MP3 player. 

Maia is very happy to receive a hair beader. 

Ella, Cameron and Maia unwrap presents. 

Gingerbread houses

Maia's class made special gingerbread houses to celebrate the holiday, and she was very eager to show hers off!

Maia with her gingerbread house. 

Christmas program

Each year, the second grade class at Lewis and Clark Elementary School puts on a Christmas program, directed by their music teacher. This year Maia is in the second grade, and she was cast as a lovely white dove.

The students put on a very touching performance dealing with the consequences of judging based on appearances, and Maia and her friends had a great time.

Maia (the red ornament) and her friends wish everyone a Merry Christmas. 

The black and white choir sings. 

Maia and her classmates perform "The Little Birdie Dance." Front row, from left is Lindsey, Sammy, Maia and Megan. 

Happy 9th birthday

Cameron celebrated his 9th birthday with a group of friends at the International Inn, where he had a pool party.

Cameron and his friends play in the pool. 

Cameron's Spider Man birthday cake. 

Cameron slices the cake for his friends. 

The kids take a break from swimming to play a little game of ball. 

Lots of fun gifts from his classmates! 

Cameron opens his gifts with his friends. 

Birthday gifts

On Dec. 6, Cameron celebrated the day of his birthday with gifts from his grandparents.

Cam can't wait to get into the gifts! 

It's a little big, but Cameron loves his New Zealand skateboarding shirt from Gran and Grandad. 

Cameron shows us what the eyes on the Sponge Bob Monopoly game are doing... 

Decorating the tree

Cameron, Maia and Ella had a great time decorating the Christmas tree. We have a great big box of all the ornaments we have collected over the years, and they loved pulling them out and asking about the stories that went along with them. :)

Ella shows off some of her favorite ornaments. 

Cameron, Ella and Maia take a break from decorating the Christmas tree to smile for the camera. 

Merry Christmas 2006!

Happy holidays everyone!!!

Here is our Christmas card -- done by Alea Photography of Williston.

http://www.aleaphotography.com/

Our friend Amanda did a beautiful job.

Merry Christmas! 

Away in a manger...

All three kids took part in their church Christmas program this year. Maia played Mary, Cameron was a shepherd, and Ella was a sheep. (And the cutest darn sheep you ever did see, not that we are biased...)

Maia (second from right) as Mary. 

Ella (front row, first from left) and Cameron (second row, third from left) sing their hearts out during their church Christmas program.