Bismarck (December 27th/28th)

We visited my Dad and Lynn.  It was the first Christmas that was my Dad has been home for in five years.  

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There were three chairs lined up along the wall and Svea wanted Papa and Mama to sit "there" and "there" right next to her.  It made for a good photo op. Lynn has tons of great toys too.  For some reason she also thought she needed to sit in the highchair there.  I tok ours out last night for Kieran and now she thinks its "her turn" to sit in ours too.

We ran over to Mandan and had dinner with Scott, Connie, and my cousins and their children.  Joe and Andrea weren't there though since they are about to have a baby girl any day!  I forgot to get a picture of all of the kids though. Thank you for the Christmas gifts for the kids Scott and Connie.  Svea also loved playing with all of your toys and going up and down your stairs.  At one point I found Svea and Sophia downstairs playing so nice together. We stayed with Matt and Jill and got to see their new house!  So glad we got to spend some time with them too.

The next day, (our anniversary/5 years) we headed back over to my Dad and Lynn's.  The house was so cozy for Christmas.  We played some more before it was time to head back to Jamestown. 

It was very special that we got to see Dad during Christmas as we usually don't!  Thank you guys for the presents.  They were all so very thoughtful and unexpected:) It was a really quick trip, but we were glad we made it out!  We haven't been to Bismarck since Jill and Matt's wedding 14 months ago!