Christmas at the Frietsch Ranch!

Our nephew Jonathon - now 14 years old.

Elizabeth. Elizabeth

Rocky keeping an eye on Elizabeth.

Anna on the steps.

Daddy and Elizabeth.

Anna with Aunt Tanya

Anna showing Grandpa her new laptop. (one is in English and one in Norwegian)

Elizabeth opening her gift from Grandma and Grandpa.

Anna (and Elizabeth) both knew that daddy or mommy had to help them get the toy out of the box. She took the box and walked over to dad so he could help.

Some gifts they had to share - but that is OK.

The Frietsch family playing Domino - Mexican train.

SANTA - 2008

2 0 0 8 - S a n t a P i c t u r e s

Elizabeth, Santa and Anna

2007- Santa Pictures!

Elizabeth, Santa and Anna

IMSDAL vannflaske (liten flaske for barn)

Toppen paa denne flasken lekker ikke! Jeg er kjempe gla i dem. Har to som jeg kjopte rett for vi reiste fra Norge - viste ikke da at jeg ville bruke disse flaskene (eller bare toppen) masse. Toppen passer nemlig "Bug Juice" En saft vi noen gager kjoper til jentene. Jeg flyller flaskene med vann og bruker dem over og over igjen. Jeg haaper at det er en eller flere av dere som har disse flakene og kan sende meg en eller flere av dem (uten vann) Bare toppen fungerer helt bra! Takk for hjelpen.

McDonald!

On the way home from Illinois we found a McDonald with a big playground. We had a great time playing and running around. Good thing because we had a long ride to get home, because of snow and snow, snow.

Anna and Elizabeth climbing on Ronald.

Ronald getting his hair done by Elizabeth.

Funny chairs.

Anna woundering if she wants to play at the big plaything.

We liked this one better.

Mary playing with us. She workes with mom.

The big plaything!

Having fun

Other pictures from Illinois - November 2008

Elizabeth and Anna playing outside on the farm. They wanted to play with the cats, but they ran away and hid in the garage.

Anna and mormor

Elizabeth helping mormor clean up the Sunday paper.

At IKEA there was a nice lady that did face/hand painting. Anna got a flower and Elizabeth a hart. She was having a hard time sitting still.

Having fun with Aunt Linda and Uncle Bubba.

Eating breakfast at the farm.

THANKSGIVING 2008 in Whitehall and Illinois

Getting ready for Thanksgiving. Elizabeth wanted to wear mom's shoes.


Getting ready to eat Turkey.

Jake's sister Tanya and her son Jonathon.

Anna

Elizabeth.

Elizabeth eating her first real Thanksgiving dinner.

Anna eating.

We are all eating.

Jake and his dad.

Time for Pie! .....................................................................................................................................................

The day after Thanksgiving we got in the car and drove to Illinois. Dad could not go with because he had to work. But we had fun celebrating with our Illinois family.

Plaing the keyboard with cousin Anna.

Anna and Maddy playing with Elizabeth.

Anna x2

Eating Thanksgiving dinner nr 2.

Our family.

Suzy, Grandma Shirley, Anna, Mormor (grandma_, Laura, Jippy and 1/2 of Jenny.

Jippy, Jenny, Max, Mark, Alex and Maddie.

Elizabeth with Suzy

Anna with Suzy

The boys cleaning the Turkey. Max, Mark and Alex.

Playing on the Landing. We had a lot of fun!

Time for dessert. Anna, Laura, Anna and Max.