Some Christmas fun shared by Ardy!!

Beautiful stained glass in small rural church

The Eye of God at Santa Lucia Christmas Program

Lefse making - but I hear it is all gone!!   
They also made flat bread which I'm hoping is NOT gone by the time we get there on Sunday.    

Wade, Allie, Mason, Anna, and Anders's holiday fun!

Pizza and ciabatta bread in the oven

(Reindeer in the background)

Allie and I met Mason, Anna, Anders for a seafood dinner last week.

Wade's divinity

Allie’s poinsettia cookies

Anna made Christmas glass jars

Exterior illumination, Advent reading, lefse making, reindeer pancakes

 All the fun!!
Thanks for sharing, Nate!!

Kaares celebrate early!

Stephanie and Jacob will be in Colorado this year for Christmas.   (She gave me a several month heads up so I had time to mentally prepare. ha!)    So we celebrated early!!

Felt so good to be at the theater!!!

Front row balcony!   Nice seats!

Santa Bears!  I miss DAYTONS!!!

Lefse!  Really good for store bought!!

Santa brought another Harry Potter Lego set - kept us busy but not for as long as I thought it would.  ha!

Who wants one of these? MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Vern is busy making Norwegian goodies in preparation for their party. 
Kransekake (wedding cake) today and Kringle tomorrow.
Krumkake yesterday as pictured below.

LIGHTS and MORE LIGHTS

In Caldwell, a little town near Boise...  several blocks all lit up with lights!!

Holiday GLOW Festival at the Minn State Fairgrounds

We took this in the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend. Honestly, it was much more fun than anticipated.
There were also food trucks there serving hot beverages and State Fair foods.  

Announcing your 2020 winners for the 10th Annual Wing Family Holiday Photo Contest ....

Congratulations to Brad, Stacy, Ashley, and Maddie for their clear cleverness in song, dance, antlers and candlelight!!  

There were also several Honorable Mentions.   Congratulations   ...

* to Vern and Maureen for the sheer number of masks used in their entries as well as captions that made us giggle
* to Ardy & Jerry for inspiring the winners as well as most unique mask placement ... a saltine cracker!
* to Linda for the most covid friendly Christmas tree
* to the entire Hovinga family for the most wildlife in their entries
*  to the Kaare family for eating the most cookies and seeing the most lights & inflatables
* to Brian for looking so good in his mask at the Christmas Eve service
* to Elyse, Jeff, and Hendricks for clever captions and such an adorable subject

Thank you for playing!!
I think everyone would agree ... truly the nicest part is seeing your faces and getting a peek into your lives at Christmas time!!  
Be well and "merry & safe" in 2021 !