While we sat and chatted in the living room, Daddy took Sarah's picture with Grandma G. How cute! Then Sarah decided to have her picture taken with everyone else, including ...
Grandpa G ...
Aunt Ellaina ...
Mommy and Lucas ...
... and Daddy. What a camera queen!
Then we opened presents! Sarah opens a gift from Grandma and Grandpa G.
Sarah is playing a little pink piano given to her by mommy and daddy.
Aunt Ellaina even got in on the piano playing!
Ellaina and Erin ... seestahs-in-law!
After all the partying, the fans of "Grey's Anatomy" headed down to the family room to watch tonight's episode of the show.
Grandma G and Sarah watched the show, too!
Sarah got her birthday present a little bit early today ... her first bike! She saw it yesterday with mommy, and today daddy went back with her to buy it. She can pedal a little bit and steer a little bit, just not both at the same time! Give her a week or two...
Sarah's bike is a blue Trek, the same brand as Daddy's bike!
Mommy had a rotten day at work today, so helping Sarah learn how to ride her bike was a good thing...
Messy-face (can you see the greasy chin from her buttered noodles?)
Caleb only has about two more weeks of hockey left this season, and tonight we went to all went to his game at Osseo (except for Lucas, who stayed home feeling a little sick). Caleb's Pirates team lost 8-2, but it wasn't for a lack of cheering from Sarah, who brought her pom-poms.
The two best-looking cheerleaders in the building!
Sarah and her friend Isabella hollered through the plexiglass at Caleb. (Yep, that's him over there on the left, we think.)
Sarah takes a timeout for a bite of candy.
Go, Caleb, go!
Hockey mom and dad.
Lucy.
With the boys gone for the weekend and mommy at work, Daddy needed to find a way to keep Sarah busy while he cleaned the house. The answer ... SARAH'S TENT! She watched "Angelina Ballerina" nice and quietly while Daddy toiled away.
Here's a pic from a month ago when Erin's parents, Lloyd and Kathy, were in town to visit. Erin and her dad got busy and put a whole bunch of new shelves in Lucas and Caleb's room. Aren't they cute?!
Or Daddy ... not with that mug.
Moby enjoys sitting in Sarah's rarely-used booster chair, but there was a hidden cost. He had to withstand Sarah's desire to dress him up with her winter hat!
"What have I done to deserve this?"
Sarah had to help Daddy run the penalty box at Caleb's most recent hockey game. We only had one of Caleb's teammates commit an infraction and join us for two minutes, otherwise we had the box to ourselves and had a great view of the game. Caleb's team lost to Wayzata, though, 5-0.
Since Erin had to work on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, we delayed our departure to visit family until Christmas NIGHT! We spent a couple of days with Erin's parents and her sister's family in Jamestown, ND. Right when we got there, the boys wanted to open their presents ... Seemingly five minutes later, they were finished. Here's Noah showing Sarah one of her presents.
"Dang, getting that last item out of the stocking toe is HARD!"
"Look what I got, Rich!"
Jamestown had a lot more snow than the Twin Cities. So much so, that Erin and Caleb spent two hours building a snow fort in the deep snow right outside Lloyd and Kathy's front door.
Sarah woke up the next morning and sat with her great-grandma. Myrtle got a ride down from Minot from Lloyd and Kathy for the holidays.
The Two Amigas take an ice-cream break.
Aunt Libby and Uncle Brian invited everyone over to their house in Jamestown for a night of pizza and visiting. Even before we all got inside the house, Sarah took Peyton back to her room and they put on a couple of Peyton's princess outfits!
Nanny Myrtle with six great-grandkids.
Awwww. Sarah and Peyton love their nanny!
