O' Christmas Tree!

Friday night Luke and I went down to First Ave to the Mason Jennings Concert. My parents came up to watch the kids and they spent the night. Saturday was a fun, busy day! We started with basketball and Bishop had a cheering section for his game!  Grandpa Ray ended up in the hospital due to pneumonia, so my parents visited him and then came over to watch Bishop play bball. Shelly had been sick for over a week so she came and dropped Madelyn and Jack off with my parents--so everyone got to watch Bishop play a little-he thought that was pretty cool!

After basketball we went to our friend, Jack's birthday party--it was a bowling party and it was a ton of fun! We had a little scare when we couldn't find Bishop for quite a few minutes--we looked all over and there were even workers looking for him. He's not one to just wander around, so I got pretty scared when we couldn't find him. All of a sudden he turned up--he was laying on a couch at a different birthday party (about 5 feet from where we were). Geez, that was scary!  Then at the end of the party he started feeling sick so we went to the bathroom and he thought he was going to throw up--turns out he had too much cake/frosting! :( 

After the party we went to pick up our Christmas Tree. We get our tree from Coldwell Banker at the Toys for Trees events. It's a fun event--we bring a toy and get a free Christmas tree.....there are treats, coloring pages, Santa, popcorn and bonfires! It was actually pretty warm this year! So, we went home and the kids and I put up the tree and decorated it.....and Luke went for a ski. It was a great day for everyone! :)

On Sunday after church we went skiing as a family. We went to Hyland in Bloomington and rented skis for Bishop. He had been out before on the toddler skis (slip in with his own boots), but this was his first time on "real" skis! He absolutely LOVED it! He has been talking about it nonstop since and wants to keep going! Nora even got out on the toddler skis for the first time--she did real well too!

The coach said--"arms up"! :)

Bishop's cheering section!

Bowling at Jack's party!

Nora and her friend, Ashton, having so much fun together!

Decorating the tree!

First time on real skis!

First time on skis!