Christmas at the Froehle's!

On Saturday we drove up to Cold Spring after Bishop's last swimming lesson to celebrate Christmas with Grandpa and Grandma!! Grandpa had his knee replaced on Dec. 3rd, so he's still recovering, but he was getting up and around on his own, which was good to see. His knee is still pretty swollen, but it sounds like it's gotten a lot better!! I don't think it helped his rehab much that his hernia flared up and he was in quite a bit of pain from that. He'll be back in for surgery in Jan to take care of that and then we look forward to having healthy Rich back!

The weather was warm enough for us to get out and enjoy some sliding down the road outside their house! The kids loved it and fought over going down the sled!  Bishop even managed it on his own....steering and all! He did better than my first time down!

All bundled up to go sliding!

All three going down together!

Being pulled by daddy!

After a delicious ham dinner we opened presents. The kids could hardly wait, especially Bishop!!

Bishop got a puzzle of the US that tells the capitals underneath it, which he really enjoys and some fun toys from Jake! Nora got another baby and a play paint can to play with! Jake is so good to them and makes the kids laugh and laugh and laugh! They both adore him.....especially Nora!! She won't let anyone else help her with anything except for Jake! :)

Nora is our affectionate girl--she gives the BEST hugs and she's not afraid to give kisses either.  Bishop's not so interested in hugs or kisses, so I'm thankful Nora makes up for it (especially for Grandma's sake, as she really misses out on Bishop's hugs).

Kisses for Gama! (Both Grandpa and Grandma are Gama) :)

Kisses for Gama!

The kids didn't sleep that well Saturday night. They usually sleep really well at Grandpa and Grandma's, so it was unusual. Both kids were up wanting to be in bed with us, but there wasn't room-so we split up a bit and then Bishop was up for good at 5am! I hung out with him while Luke slept with Nora in the bed Bishop had been sleeping in .......it was musical beds for sure!

Bishop and daddy played in the snow and built a snow castle with all of the icicles they could find.  Both Bishop and Nora loved eating their icicles-they called them their popsicles!


Thank you to Gama and Gama and Jake for all of the wonderful gifts and for all your love for our children! It was a wonderful Christmas celebration together!

My grandpa (Arnie) has been in the hospital since Tuesday and I got a call from my mom on our way home on Sunday that he wasn't doing well and he was actually declining. He was moved into ICU and things didn't sound good. I considered going down to see him Sunday afternoon, but Shelly was in Owatonna and talked to the nurses and it sounded like he was stable and I could wait until Monday.  We didn't know what to expect, so I was going to just play things by ear and possibly go down Monday. The kids were home all week from school and I had the week off and my only "plans" for Monday were to go to Santaland at Macy's.