our last "leg" of our trip was on our way back to minnesota! I have to say that the Orlando Airport was the worst! We waited in line to check one bag longer than we waited in any of the lines at Disney World. It was hard for all of us, since we were not only leaving a hot and magical vacation, but also because we were going to back to cold reality in Minnesota.
After we arrived back in Minnesota it was smooth sailing into the new year...
here's to a great start to our new year!
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ORLANDO AIRPORT
"look sad"
we LOVED delta airlines because we had complimentary movies and access to wi-fi...it was bliss, even if we were going back to minnesota!
minnesota - here we come!
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
our family decided to attend church on saturday, since we knew it was going to be a late night, and we had another christmas the next day.
we all dressed up and had a fancy meal...bobby even wore his suit!
after our supper and "withers dance party", the kids drank kid wine and rang in the new year...
at 9pm!
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URBANSKI CHRISTMAS
we had our last official christmas with the urbanski/johnson families in upsala
(here is livia with stephanie's youngest daughter, elayna)
all the grandkids
(brayden.danyka.cailyn.elayna.sophia.livia.avery)
"act silly"
all of the kids with leonice and mike
what a blessing it is to spend christmas with my biological family!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!
we celebrated my mom's special birthday at her favorite restaurant - tokyo grill!
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NEW YEAR/NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
with the new year comes new year's resolutions...bobby and i pledged to eat more healthy.
this is our attempt at healthy greek nachos from the "cooking light" magazine - they were delicious!
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CONFERENCES
bobby and the girls bought me flowers for conferences...it is a great way to brighten my day and help me through the long days!
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MINECRAFT PIG CAKE
bobby and the girls made a minecraft pig cake while i was away at work...they were so proud of it!
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PUPPET SHOW
the girls made a stage for their puppets and performed a puppet show-
thanks, mordorski family, for the fun gag gift!
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ICE SKATING
livia passed into the next level in figure skating - gamma! woo hoo!
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SHOWSTOPPERS CLINIC
sophia participated in a danceline clinic with a few of her friends
(izzy.sophia.elle)
ready to perform!
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PALLET PAINTING
i organized an afternoon of painting with some teacher friends in jordan, minnesota
looking fierce with the drills!
brandi.jill.judy
we had to sand all of our boards
next we had to select and stain our boards - i chose a white stain
after that, we had to screw all the boards together to create the back supports.
later we had to attach a wire to hang the sign
i had to peel all the letters apart from my stencil...it was stressful!
ready to stick it to my board
next we had to align it on our board and paint over the stencil...
ta-da! this is the end result :)
this was the entire crew...didn't they do a fantastic job?
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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU!
