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Hunting for Trees

Today, the family decided to head to a nearby tree farm and find a Christmas tree. The thermometer read 5° and there was a 10 mph wind with a small amount of snow falling. Needless to say, we bundled everyone up!

After a recommendation from Wendy, our daycare provider, we headed to a place about 5 miles north of Howard Lake: Crow River Nursery. The farm primarily grew Frasier and Balsam firs.  With the recent snow, we placed the boys in the sled and marched out in search of a tree.  There were plenty of options and we had our tree selected and cut in less than 5 minutes!

Overall, it was a great place where the workers were very helpful and friendly. We even got free cookies 🙂

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Delano Old Fashioned Christmas

Today was Delano’s Old Fashioned Christmas, a day to walk around the town, visiting local shops, artists, and performances. Overall it was a good opportunity for us to visit with people and get to know the community. Unfortunately, it just so happened to be one of the coldest days of the year sitting at -1°F.

Nevertheless, we bundled up the family and visited City Hall, the fire station, the library, and a local shop that was offering pictures with Santa. The fire station held a recently restored fire engine as well as a brand new one, offering a unique look at how the trucks have changed over history. Jacob particularly enjoyed the fire trucks, but the same cannot be said for Santa. Jacob was quite shy and apprehensive around the big guy.

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Christmas!

This has been an exciting month at the Werth household.  Our activities included a lot of holiday-filled events, such as:

  • Visiting the reindeer at HyVee
  • Christmas light hanging on the house for the first time
  • Hunting for a Christmas tree at a local tree farm
  • Getting the tree in and set up!
  • Henry becoming more engaging and talkative
  • Playing and recording in a wonderful cantata at our church
  • Elise spending two days at home for snow days
  • The Werth’s (Fred, Cathy, and Teresa) coming down for Christmas
  • The Degen’s (Larry, Mary, and Laura) coming down for Christmas II
  • Enjoying the Christmas cards of many friends and family
  • Lighting up the fireplace and occasionally smoking out the house
  • Finally getting back to working on the downstairs remodeling (installing plumbing for a new bath tub)

It’s been a great time and I’ve enjoyed spending time with the boys, Elise, and our families.  Unfortunately, I did not get a Christmas card out this year and have been a little lax on the blog.  So… I’m hoping to get a number of updates and photos up soon – as I’ve recently gathered all of our photos from various places into one (the trouble of having many devices – phones, cameras, computers, etc).

For now, enjoy these photos of our Christmas holiday!

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Degen Christmas

Arriving in Minnesota over the holidays, we were able to spend a good number of days with Larry, Mary, and Laura.  Jacob loved to chase around the two cats and play with the dishwasher.  Jacob received a really cool musical bug, a folding wooden table made by Larry, and a big red wagon!  Radio Flyer has definitely made some improvements over the years by adding backrests, seat belts, and four cup/juice-box holders!  Jacob highly enjoyed it when we took it out for a test spin.  Enjoy!