Raquel Jillian

Christmas flew by as fast as ever this year again. Our Waldner gathering was on the 18th instead of the 25th which felt a little strange. It was a lot of fun, except for the fact that mom had to work that day and Auntie Martha was sick. School was finally out on the 22nd and gatherings were the next three days. Friday it was at Darcy's for his dads side, and then Saturday was just their family christmas. It was my first Christmas gathering at their house and we had a lot of fun playing games. Racko has became a new favorite game of mine, even though I lost. We also played dutch blitz and Amber I am happy to say I won. The super nintendo was also played and many records were broken....none by me though. After church on sunday erik amber hailey and darcy came over for the afternoon and evening. Our christmas was very enjoyable with A LOT of food. Dad was sick most of the day though, so that really sucked. I got a really awesome nintendo shirt from ty, and a hope chest from am, erik, and hailz. All in all it was a very enjoyable Christmas.....pictures to come

Darcy and Me

Trish and me....trying to push up our glasses??

Kristen and I

Trish, Todd and I

Melissa, Trish and Chelsea

This past weekend Amber, Erik, Hailey, Mom, Dad, Tyler, Darcy and I ventured out to the states, Minneapolis to be exact. After our long drive, and stopping a few times to eat and let the Bird run around we arrived at our hotel. We had a very relaxing time and got quite a bit of shopping done. Target was one of my biggest highlights, as well as Lego Land, and my first roller coaster ride at Camp Snoopy. The mall was HUGE and very overwhelming for a shop-a-holic such as myself. I felt very flustered and didn't get to go to all the stores I would have liked to, not enough hours in the day I guess. I did get a few shirts, a sweater, a new jacket, chirstmas gifts and a GRAD DRESS!!!! Sorry Am, I couldn't hold it in. Jen asked me in school today if I found a dress and I didn't say anything but my smile gave it away! I lasted a solid day though! haha. We came home sunday evening and I finally got to sleep in my own bed after about 2 weeks!!!!! IT WAS DREAMY!!!!!

The pool room at our Hotel
It even had a poolside theatre that we could watch movies (shark tales) and tv or listen to music. It was so nice!