Knutson Christmas

Well, I was going to wait to do a Christmas blog post until I could do the Fredricksen update as well, but I'm thinking I will get the Knutson one out there. After this weekend I can do a Fredricksen Christmas update.

Here it goes:

We tried something new this year, and I thought it was a lot of fun! We drew names back in June. We then kept it a secret until Christmas Eve. Opening started with the eldest Knutson: Alan.

I had him. He got a "gift basket for a shepherd". Everything had to do with sheep and had a little poem to go with it.

Kate had Cher. She got a very nice plant stand that Kate refinished! 

Alan had Kate: She got a really nice multi-use crock pot. 

Tony had Brian: He got a geocache gift basket

Cher had Mindy: She got the cute snowmen over Mindy's shoulder. 

Brian had Jon: He got various items that could be used for geocaching 

Jon had Tony: He got a Spi Belt and safety light for running, and he got some tracker tag thingies for geocaching. 

Mindy had me: I got a picnic blanket that I REALLY wanted, a Norwex window cloth and a nice picture frame!

The kiddos brought some toys they opened at the Dahna Christmas gathering over the weekend. Harvey got a neat pirate ship! The "big" boys were also very interested in this gift!

Here's Maya playing with Natalie's new wheelchair for her American Girl doll. It was just the right size for her!

Natalie could've been satisfied with just playing in the Nintendo chair!

Maya was a meticulous gift opener. She would peel off a piece, crumple it, and throw it away. It took her quite a while to open all her gifts!

Natalie was a different story! She can rip right through those packages!

Harvey got his first pair of cross country skis! 

Maya LOVED her new vacuum. 

We had a really great day! I'm glad we got to join at least one of the family get togethers for Christmas!