the holiday officially starts this weekend for us.

If all goes well with the weather we will be heading down towards St. Louis this weekend to celebrate Christmas with Bryan's moms side of the family. We haven't been down since last April.. so we are past due. PLUS they get to meet our baby girl for the 1st time. We are really excited! I am praying they get this ice storm cleared up by Saturday morning so we can go?!?! We really enjoy going down and being with all the Highlanders.. We have so much fun. Plus we get to see Bryan's cousin Susie who is pregnant with twins! I am ready to touch a pregnant belly again! :) I (secretly) miss being pregnant. (gosh don't tell B i said that) I miss walking into a store and people being so nice... hold the door, smile @ you and glance @ your belly, talk to you about expecting, etc. People are soo nice to pregnant people. (well atleast to me they were) I loved that!
Last night we went shopping for the family that we adopted for the holiday season. We bought the little girls some clothes and some toys.... then we bought the mom some clothes. I figured the least we could do was give to the less fortunate since we are more than fortunate. The little girls are 10 and 11 and i hope we picked out things they like. It was difficult for me to buy for that age since i havent ever bought for that age before. I hope this makes their Christmas a little brighter b/c it has mine being able to give to them.
Well I'm off to get back to work.
Happy Holidays from ours to yours :)
Love,
The Klokkenga's

boy the weekends just fly by

I can finally say ((( WE HAVE ALL OF OUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DONE)))Yeah I am sooo glad. :) It has been crazy @ the stores. Like a mad house. Well Grandma Sherri and Mike made if home from Vegas safely. They said they had a good time. And we forgot to say on here.. Happy late bday grandma (on dec 9th)!!! Adelyn went and spend a couple ours w/ gma and gpa buxton yesterday so bryan and I could finish up the shopping. It was weird not having her w/ us @ the stores. She loves to go to walmart to see all the colorful things. She never makes a peep when we are there.

Well we had a nice, quiet, relaxing weekend. Friday night we didnt do much. We went over to gma and gpa Buxtons and had pizza. Saturday we had kind of a poopey day. (literally) we woke up and played for a while. Then met my mom and cousin and aunt @ Kellahers for lunch. That was a nice time. and congrats to my cousin April who got engaged a couple weeks ago. She is getting married 10-24-09 and I am one of her bridesmaids. I am excited about that. :) She is on top of the world and we are sooo happy for her. Then after lunch we went over to Kohl's and did some shopping. We got some awesome deals. The stores were so dang busy b/c they deals were unbelievable. Then sat night we had Sherri's bday dinner @ their house. She made some great food. Bryan was in heaven. Then after that we went to my parents for a while b/c we hadnt seen them in about a week. Bryan got to play with Bryson and of course Adelyn got some Peterson lovin as she always does. She loves her cousin Bryson. she watches him like crazy. she loves her cousin Austin too who is @ the same babysitter as her. He watches over her! :)

Then on sunday B had to work in the AM then we went shopping and adelyn went to the grandparents for a couple hours and that's about it. It was a really enjoyable weekend. now we're back to another work week. less than 2 weeks until santa makes his rounds. I am ready for christmas ...soooo ready. this coming weekend we are headed down to Highland for xmas w/ then. we are super excited for Adelyn to meet all her family down there. Then on sunday on the way home we are stopping in Emden for xmas there as well. BUSY weekend for us. well i dont have much else to report. Just staying warm and being w/ our family. Everyone take care and stay warm!!

Happy HOlidays!!

Love,

the KLokkenga's

Our big girl

She is now sitting up on her own. She just started last night and did it forever. it was so cute! :)

we have been so busy lately. Mondays are always crazy for me b.c I have class until 7:00PM. Then Tuesday we had our pics taken for x-mas. Ended up going to dinner afterwards. So we didnt get home until about 8:00PM. (long day) Last night we went and saw Bryan's mom b/c they leave for Vegas soon so we had dinner with them and hung out by the xmas tree. (which adelyn loves) tonight i have to go to my moms and find an "ugly old sweater" for my bunco group. I am so excited for BUnco. Once a month our group gets together and plays bunco, have some drinks, and just hang out with the girls. FUN! then after my moms house, we have to run to the store to find a White Elephant gift for a gift exchange @ work. ( i am supposed to be creative) Ha not me! then we are finally going home. THEN mark (bryan's dad) is coming over for a while to visit Adelyn. Then tomorrow I have mommies night out BUNCO. Then saturday we have dinner w/ family. Then Sunday we have Laila's bday party and something else, but i cannot think of what it is. HMM .. maybe xmas shopping!! Lots to do w/ so little time. Most importantly we cant get too busy not to enjoy our baby who is growing oh so fast.

Real quick.. a HUGE congrats to Bryan's cousins Susie & Brad who are expecting twin boys in April!!!!! YEAH!! we are soo happy for them. Everyone stay warm and enjoy the holiday season. (i know we sure are) Sis ( what i call Adelyn) loves all the xmas decor in the house.

Also one more thing... lets all remember to support and pray for our troops during this holiday season while they are seperated from their familes.

Love,

The Klokkenga's