Here is Daniel with one of the sleds
that he, Timothy, and Joseph made
this year.  They bought the Christmas
tree, earned money to go tubing for
Daniel's birthday, got Christmas presents,
and are intending to buy a mower on Saturday
for Joseph and Daniel to work on and resell
in the spring.  BOY! The sled-making business
has sure been great for our family, hasn't it?

Molitor Christmas 2011(in a nutshell!)

As you will be able to tell, our Christmas season has been very full of fun!

Dec. 15-Daniel's Birthday

Who is this?  And what is he/she doing?
It's John!  Getting smarter and smarter every day,
reading the Wall Street Journal!

Dec. 22-The reading of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
This is before the reading: 

And this is after!:

 December 23-Christmas party at the Medford's!

First we all had wild rice chicken or cream of broccoli
soup and home baked bread.  Then there was playing of
games and Christmas carol singing!

Some kids chose to stay outside in the balmy weather most of the night!

When we got home around 11 p.m. Esther, Joseph, and John decided that it was a good time

to decorate the cookies Esther had made earlier in the day.  So they had fun till 3 a.m.!

They saved some cookies and frosting, 

and in the morning, Daniel and Timothy finished up the rest.

Dec. 24 Eve-at Amy and Bill's with Twin Cities' family members

Esther and Gillian

Mom and Afton

This is Monday, Dec. 26.  We spent this day
together as a family.  We had a nice brunch with
caramel rolls (that turned out great!).  Then we
opened gifts and played some games.

This is Timothy with a "Gummy Octopus"
which was one of the treats in his stocking.

Daniel and Timothy with indoor baseball bats
for the winter!

This is the year of the "Bucky Balls", small metal
magnetic balls that just about everyone in the
church got.  They really are lots of fun!

The beautiful scarf that Esther made for me!

Late afternoon Dad and I went on a walk
at the nature center.  The weather was mild
and beautiful!

Tuesday, Dec. 27
The Alzen family had us out to their home in Wisconsin.  We had the great privilege of meeting
their two new sons, Jonas (7) and Jacob (10).  There was a fun game of football outside, then
a delicious meal indoors, games, and music.  We really all had such a wonderful time with them!

Jonas

Denise

Timothy--the Winner!!

 Kelsea and David sent us some special home-made flavored popcorn.  Everyone enjoyed it, including Michael and Ryan today, and they had to vote for their favorite.  The old fashioned caramel came out first, and the ranch flavored second. The candy cane and marshmallow popcorn was also enjoyed by all.  Thank you David and Kesea!

As you can see, this has been a VERY full-of-fun Christmas!

Thanks for hanging in there to the end of a LONG blog post!!