Happy Birthday Nedra!!

We'd like to wish Eric's Aunt Nedra a Very Happy Birthday today!! We hope you have a wonderful day:)

Christmas 2010

Matthew and Brittany
Melissa, Andrew, and Uncle Dan:)

Making cookies at Grandma's house

The Heath girls with grandma and grandpa

The Heath family

Another Christmas has come and gone------we travelled to Jackson on the 23rd to spend Christmas with mom and dad. We had a nice time together. On the 26th we celebrated the Smith family Christmas in Shakopee. Today, we drove from Shakopee to Watertown (thanks for the great directions, Jimmer)! Courtney took her figure skating test today and she passed! She is now in Basic 6. We hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday season and a Blessed 2011. We'd like to mention two special people who passed away this week. My Uncle Cueball, who was a kind, gentle person and Dan Steinkamp, who was like a father to Eric. They will be missed dearly by all who knew them. Please keep their families in your thoughts and prayers.

You Can't Cancel Christmas!

The girls performed in our church play of "You Can't Cancel Christmas!" Courtney played Madi and the Innkeeper. While Kelsey was Noah and a Shepherd. They both did a great job! Here are some photos...

Blades of Hope for Christmas

The girls had their skating expo today entitled, "Blades of Hope for Christmas." The figure skating club hosted a free will donation that will go to a family affected by breast cancer. The girls both performed solo Christmas routines. They refused or should I say-one sister failed to cooperate with the other one to perform a routine together. Courtney chose, "All I Want for Christmas, " by Mariah Carey. Kelsey's choice was, "Last Christmas." They both did a great job. I didn't get any photos on the ice, because I was videotaping-but I did take some pictures of them in the club room before the performance. Tomorrow is their Christmas program at church......it has been a busy weekend!

Jackets

I think Courtney looks like a teenager already!!

Kelsey shoveling the driveway.....

I have not been a very good blogger lately........it has been a long week. On Monday, I stayed home from school with Kelsey. She was running a temp., I took her to the clinic and the doctor gave her a shot for tonsillitis. On Tuesday, I received a call from school that Courtney was sick, a trip to the clinic and she had fluid in her lungs and tonsillitis. On Wednesday, Kelsey had surgery-tubes put in her ears. Today, we woke to a foot of snow........Eric and I had a snow day and the girls were 2 hours late. Saturday is our skating Expo in Watertown and Sunday is the Christmas program at church.

I wanted to get a picture of their new skating jackets that Grandpa and Grandma Smith bought them for Christmas------they are very nice!

Have a good weekend everyone!

Surprise!

Courtney enjoying the snow
Kelsey posing

The Fashionistas-Maya (Mindy's daughter, Hannah, and Emmalee)-they love dressing up in Courtney and Kelsey's clothes

The Birthday Cake

Eric surprised me on Friday night with a birthday party! He took me out that evening saying we were going to go out for supper. We drove around for awhile, when he said that we had to go back home because he forgot his wallet. When we got back, there were five other cars in the driveway-----so I knew something was going on! It was a really nice evening spent with friends, everyone brought something so it was like a big potluck:) What a guy........

The girls were dismissed early on Friday due to the snow we received (7+ inches)-they made the most of it and went sledding:) Mom and dad are coming up tomorrow to attend Kelsey and Courtney's school music concerts. We are looking forward to their visit.