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| Maddy and GG |
I arrived in Minneapolis on Thursday, December 15 (to work one day in Minneapolis on Friday) and Steve and Maddy arrived the next day. We headed north to Knife River Saturday morning and enjoyed a quiet afternoon and evening with Mom and Dad (aka Grandmom and Granddad).
Joel, Silver and Analí arrived Sunday and we all headed to Fitger's in Duluth where we met up with Uncle John, Aunt Sharon, Jared, Anna and Jemma for the Christmas Express Train. It was bitter cold ( -12) but the train was warm and took us to the Depot where a children's chorus sang and the book "Christmas Express" was read by the author with illustrations on a screen. Santa also made an appearance AND we were all invited to explore the trains in the Depot. We travelled again by train back to Fitger's where hot cocoa and cookies were waiting for us. We all went to Blackwoods for dinner where Janine met us as well. Fun night!
Later Sunday night Jon, Amy, Benjamin and Gabi arrived to round out this year's Christmas crew. Mila and family are staying in California for the holidays.
On Tuesday, Uncle John, Aunt Sharon, Jared, Jemma, Janine, Pat and Grama GG came to celebrate Christmas with us in Knife River. Mom (Grandmom) put together a fabulous late brunch spread including Scandinavian fruit soup, breakfast soufflé, Swedish meatballs, lingonberry sauce, cheesy potatoes, salad, cardamom bread and a Scandinavian drink called gløgg. And for dessert, mom's fruitcake and Aunt Sharon's cake with homemade ice cream. What a feast!
The kids had a great time playing together and the grown ups enjoyed time together catching up. It was so wonderful to spend time with Grama GG and have her great grandchildren all around.
We opened some presents after our meal and soon thereafter the Johnson family made their way back to Bayfield.
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| Mom and Aunt Sharon |
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| Maddy and Grandmom |
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| Uncle John, Joel and Jared |
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| Our family - on the Train! |
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| Jemma, Anna, Aunt Sharon, Anali and Silver |
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| Grandmom, Anali and Granddad |
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| Anali and Maddy peeking from a Train at the Depot |
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| Santa's arrival during Christmas Express Train Storytime |
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| Joel, Silver, Janine and Pat |
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| Benjamin, Gabi, Anali, Jemma and Maddy |
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| Grama and Marnie |
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| Grama / GG |
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| Maddy and GG catching up |
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| Anali, Maddy, Benjamin and Gabi - The "Elves" distributing gifts! |
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| Dinner Time! Steve, Pat, Janine and Joel |
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| Marnie Serving the Fruit Soup |
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| The Feast |
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