The Quist Family: December 2008

12.28.2008

Merry Christmas

We had a great Christmas! We started off on Christmas Eve with Jen's mom's side. We had a delicious meal and great camaraderie. Then went to the Fedie's house for the family Christmas. Daniel got some great gifts...as did Nate and Jen. We made our own pizzas. It was really fun. Here's Daniel and his workbench. So far, he LOVES to play with it.

Daniel opening his big tractor from John and Amy

Baby William sported his Christmas attire

Daniel playing with Grandpa Fedie's glasses Christmas morning. Jen's dad's side came over to the Fedie's house for Christmas. It was a great afternoon. It's so great to see everyone!

Nate and I's Christmas exchange Christmas night. We decided to do funny t-shirts this year...

Then we went to the Quist's on the 26th for a delicious dinner. Here's the annual Quist Family Picture.

Daniel playing in a gift bag during the gift opening. Everyone was very generous this year. Thank you VERY much. We stayed at the Quist's Fri and Sat. Then came home on Sun to put away all of the gifts and start playing!

Daniel smiling for the camera and wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!!!

12.21.2008

A free weekend!

We finally had a weekend where all three of us stayed home both Sat and Sun! It was great! We made gingerbread cookies and cleaned the house. But, mostly watched the snow fall. It was a wonderful weekend for us. The perfect relaxing time we needed before the holidays. Here are some pics we've been hanging on to.

The last time Daniel got his hair cut, he got it styled as a mohawk and painted blue!

Daddy can get Daniel to make BIG smiles for the camera!

Thanksgiving with the Quist Family. These boys are the life of the gathering. (Daniel, Carter and Landon)

We got Daniel all dressed up when we went to shovel the driveway for the first time, but he didn't want anything to do with it.

Daniel LOVES to go to the farm. He loves to go see the cows and take tractor rides. Poor Grandpa-he can't get anything else done.

He also likes to play in Mom's old kitchen playset. He'll play for hours on this thing.

Last weekend we went to Great Grandma Fedie's house to make cookies. Look at all of those cut-outs!

Great Grandma had some really good helpers! (Daniel, Landon, and Tenzin)

Mommy making gingerbread cookies. Yummy!

Daniel is so excited for his baby cousin that he's already practicing his name.

At one of his swimming lessons going off the diving board. He really didn't mind too much, except that daddy wasn't catching him at the bottom. We had 4 fun weeks of swimming-but he didn't pass the class. (They have to be three to advance on...so we'll have to go a couple more times!)

Here's what Daniel does all night long. "hi nana. hi papa. hi cow. hi goat" it's super cute.

Our new favorite thing!

12.14.2008

Congrats Tim and Liz!

Well, Tim and Liz celebrated their special day in Nebraska on the 6th of Dec. It was a beautiful day. And, it was a beautiful event. Everything was perfect. They (mostly Liz I'm sure) are great planners. They thought of everything. The drive wasn't too bad on Daniel. We left Thurs night after work and spent the night in Des Moines. Then Daniel rode with Grandma, Grandpa, Great-Grandma Fedie and Great Uncle Joe the rest of the trip to NE. They had a great time together. Then, we had the rehersal dinner and the wedding on Sat. Then, back home on Sun. We left at 10 am and arrived in Apple Valley for Nelly and a much needed break/dinner from the Quists. Here are some pics from the event:

The Happy Couple