As I'm sure everyone is keenly aware, life seems to get busier and busier. This Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's season is no different for our family. It was tough for Eme and I to get into the Christmas spirit this year as I (Jon) was busy at work and coughs/colds struck our family multiple times over the past month. Speaking of which, Eme is laying in bed not feeling well and Brianna is napping so I thought I would take a moment to update our multitude (ha ha) of blog readers on the happenings of our Christmas season.
Here's a quick rundown of our December...
We celebrated my mom's birthday by going to the hollidazzle parade.
We celebrated Christmas with my grandpa Carlson and Aunt and cousins from LaCrosse in Mankato, MN.
Christmas Eve with my family (Bonkoski's).
Christmas Day with Eme's family (Gustafson's).
Extended Bonkoski Christmas/Pinnacle gathering at our house.
Celebrated my parent's 40th wedding anniversary on December 27th.
Celebrated Brianna's first birthday on December 29th.
Spent time at our family cabin over New Year's.
I'm sure everyone has been busy. But we hope you all took a moment to pause and reflect and the true meaning of Christmas. It's super easy to get caught up in all the shopping, cookie baking, family gathering. But Christ remains the central theme to Christmas. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! May Christ be a real part of your life this year.
Our last post was quite a while ago, so here is what has happened in the last few weeks.
November 20 - We met up with Mick, Hung and Casen for a little bowling. Although it was a little loud, and we performed quite the baby juggling act, we had a good time. And it was fun to go bowling... I can't remember when I last went!
November 24 - I caught Eko with both paws up. He continues to amaze me. How can that really be comfortable.
November 25 - We feasted with Jon's parents on ham and other yummy thanksgiving sides. Jeff, Shelley, Micah and Elissa joined up with us later that evening to relax together and even get a back massage chain going!
November 26 - Thanksgiving part two happened back at our house with my family. The babies ate, we ate, we played a fun debating game, a little Wii action took place, and some fun hangout time. It was a day. Margaret, Oliver and Lucius had so much fun they wanted to spend the night... how could we say no! We had swedish pancakes the next morning then ran off to get a few cuts of fabric before dropping them back at home.
November 30 - I needed to get out of the house after being inside all weekend, so I ran some errands and ended up at my parent's house for the afternoon. I shoveled what little snow they had while Brianna napped then hung out for a while with my dad. I caught this fun photo while Brianna and Grandpa played!
