Olson Family Christmas

December 26th we traveled up to Zumbrota to be with the Olson's for a Christmas Celebration!

Cheesy smiles from Nora Jean and Auntie Kris

Cuddles with Aunt Becky

It was great to see the cousins together and Ben, Tommy and Eleanor had so much fun playing together!!  That evening was family time and gift opening...between Ben, Tommy and Eleanor...Grandma and Grandpa's living room turned into a toy zone!!  The boys each got a bike helmet-which Tommy wanted to wear right away...there wasn't even time to take it out of the package!  **Ben was busy wearing his new Peterson VIKINGS jersey** All the boys really got excited (including Jonny) over the remote-controlled digger! 

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve, South Eastern Minnesota was hit with a snow/ice/rain mix of weather- luckily we did not have to travel, instead we played outside-the weather was perfect for digging tunnels! 

After going inside we got ready for Christmas Eve Mass.  Later that night we set out milk and cookies for Santa and had fun watching him cross the globe online.  Then it was off to bed to anxiously fall asleep...Christmas morning we woke up to find that Santa had come to our home during the night!  Not only did he drink all of his milk (for big muscles) and eat all the cookies...but he left a bunch of presents under our tree!  Ben and Tommy were very excited- and had so much fun opening their presents with the directions that all of them were to share (a direction from Santa himself via letter!) It is so much fun watching the excitement of the boys open their presents~and playing all day long with them!  Enjoy the pictures!

Enjoying the tent from Gramma and Grampa Helfer!

Check out this excitement!