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Tuesday, December 30th, 2014

Happy Birthday, Grandpa Ivan!

Some wind came and blew all the clouds away so the skies are really clear. That has made it very cold, and it made for a great sunset this evening.

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Monday, December 29th, 2014

Happy Birthday, Elina!

Dana went on one last waterfall hunt for the year. This is Lower Rock Creek Falls in the Gorge. The weather was nice, and he even found some snow to play in.

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Sunday, December 28th, 2014

We watched Guardians of the Galaxy tonight while Dana built his LEGO to match.

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Saturday, December 27th, 2014

Gideon is beginning to really climb on, in and up things. Tonight he discovered he could climb our ottoman; he sure was proud of himself. Boxes are also a new excitement. We now find him sitting in boxes and baskets if you leave them out.

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Friday, December 26th, 2014

We like to take pictures of the gifts the boys got. It is something Dana’s family did when they were kids and it is fun to look back on it. Here is Gideon with his. He was a good present opener and he seemed to like what he got, as did Magnus.

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Thursday, December 25th, 2014

Merry Christmas!

Farmor came to our house to see the kids open their gifts from Santa and Ruth made German Pancakes. Then we headed down to Salem to spend the day with Grandma and Grandpa. Gideon just loved their Christmas tree and kept poking at it. Then he found this piece of holly that was the best. Ivan cooked prime rib for dinner and it was good. We had a great time there and a great Christmas. We hope you all did as well.

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Wednesday, December 24th, 2014

Christmas Eve!

We thought this was funny. We were getting ready to sing carols and read the Christmas story when Magnus climbed up on Anton and started to relax. All-in-all the evening was very nice. Gideon loved the ham dinner. Dana found the Christmas almond. We opened presents. And Magnus helped to put the cookies out for Santa.

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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014

Festivus for the rest of us!

Brother bath time can be nice sometimes.