Almost Christmas

Well the Christmas season has really kicked in for us. Friday evening Micaela & Gabe had a choir concert (Dakota Children's Choir) which was excellent and definitely got us in the Christmas mood.

Micaela & Gabe after the concert

After the concert we drove up Northview Lane which is famous (around here) for having the entire block lit up with Christmas lights and decorations. There is a house on top of the hill this year that even has lights that flash in time with music. You can tune into an FM station to listen to while you watch the lights. The kids loved it!

Here are a couple pictures I "borrowed" from other websites of Northview Lane.

Saturday we mailed our Christmas cards out (finally!) and finished up Christmas shopping. Gifts are wrapped & under the tree! Jay's parents stopped by in the afternoon to visit for a bit. We had Jay's work Christmas party Saturday night at Roby's Steakhouse. The food was good and it was a lot of fun.

Other than that, the rest of the weekend was pretty low-key. We did drive around (Jay & I) this evening and looked at some more Christmas lights. We also drove out by our lot. We're hoping we may be in a house out there on our lot next year at this time - we can't wait!

Jay has knee (ACL) surgery on Thursday of this week so it may be a rough holiday weekend for him. We'll try to get him around as best we can! We will be spending time in GU this weekend to celebrate Christmas with the Gervings. Then we'll be back in Bismarck to celebrate Christmas Eve with the Gerhardts on Monday.

We are looking forward to a wonderful Christmas with our families and to the beginning of a new year!