Happy Birthday Jesus!

To celebrate your birthday, we bought each other lots of gifts and had a jolly time!

Here's some of the highlights.

Thank you for giving us the joy of Christmas to spend with family!

Merry Christmas from the Happy Ketter Family!

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

And all through the town, only the adults were stirring, while no children were around.

They all hung their stockings with such great care, in hopes that St. Nicholas would soon find his way there.

He showed up and delivered gifts with such great precision, when we open our gifts, the favorite will be a hard decision!

He ate all his cookies with such great might, he left a note that said, "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"

Merry Christmas everyone!

Santa & The Girls

Christmas Picture with Santa at the Mall 2009.

Even though we had to stand in line for a long time,

it was worth it & I love it!

Peter and the Wolf

Tonight Kassie's 2nd grade class put on a cute production of Peter and the Wolf. Kassie got to play the cat. She looks so cute dressed up in her orange cat outfit that Grandma Shawna made for her!

The class did 2 shows, so all the kids could play a part. I only recorded the first one which Kassie was in, but unfortunately I'm having a real hard time posting it. If I get it to work, I will add it later. But, they all did such a great job! Afterward, the class posed for photos, asked and answered questions about the play. It was so much fun!

Feliz Navidad

Okay. The following is Madeline wishing everyone a Merry Christmas by singing her rendition of "Feliz Navidad, a capella." Too Cute!

Oh Christmas Tree

Well we did it. We successfully got our Christmas tree up, and it is a stunner. We all helped in decorating the tree, while drinking hot cocoa and enjoying some wonderful almond cookies. Below I have posted some pics of us while we were busy fixing it up.

Here, I think Madeline is daydreaming of a White Christmas.

Daddy helping his baby girl gently put the ornaments on the tree.

Kassie really enjoyed helping!

Sydney and the santa hat. Gotta love it!

They even captured a pic with me decorating, too.

And here is our beautiful tree in all her glory.

I leave you with the annual family picture in front of the Christmas tree.

Merry Christmas!

The Adventures in Christmas Tree Hunting

Today, as in years past, we went to our favorite Christmas tree farm to pick out our Christmas tree.

When we got there we walked around for a while, taking in all the beautiful trees.

Kassie and Parker were checking out the scenery.

Not long after, we found our tree.

Sydney wanted to have the honor of cutting it down this year, so Andy got her started. Then she went to town on it, sawing it the rest of the way down.

Go Sydney, go! It really is a beautiful tree.

We then brought it back to our car, and we loaded it up for our journey home. I love this tradition we have, and I'm sure when the girls get older, they will remember these days and cherish the memories, as I do so very much. I'll post the pics when we get it up with all the lights on it, which is what we are about to do now.