Happy New Year!!!!

Hope you all have a safe New Year's Eve and God's blessings in 2010! Enjoy a little Stang "Hip Hop" to bring in the new year! Love you all, the Stang's

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Another Amazing Christmas

Jake and I had an amazing weekend home with the kids during the 2009 Christmas Blizzard! I surprised Jake with a book of our children that I had printed on-line, and he surprised me with a trip to New York next summer for our 5-year anniversary! I'm so blessed and lucky! We are both very excited for the trip next June! Besides the fact that all four of us were sick spanning days from Christmas Eve to Sunday, Dec. 27, we had a blast watching the kids open gifts and actually get to spend QT at home, just the four of us. Because of the storm, my Grandma cancelled Christmas Day in Olivia, but we were still fortunate enough to be able to drive out to the Stang Farm on Christmas Eve. That was a ball watching all the nieces and Andray open gifts, too much fun! Hope you all had a blessed Christmas Holiday and have a great last week of 2009! Wow, where did the year 2009 go? Love, the Stang's

Roslyn was MORE than excited for her first Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!

Andray helped Roslyn open her first pair of tennis shoes from me and Jake! Too cute!

Roslyn and Andray checking out all the snow in our back yard from the big storm!

THE STANG CHRISTMAS - CHRISTMAS EVE

THE STANG COUSINS - (L to R) Skyler (6 years), Neely (5 months), Andray (21 months), Mya (2 years), Ella (5 years) and Roslyn (7 months).

Papa and Gma Stang's beautiful Christmas Tree.

Skyler, Auntie Sarah, Dray and Ella...beautiful photo! Andray loves his Godmom so much! She gave him a beautiful ornament, awesome PJ's and big blocks to play with! So awesome!

Roslyn loves her Godmom Rhonda sooooo much too! Rhonda bought this dress for Roz to wear for Christmas. Very special. The red shoes were what Jake gave to Mya for her first Christmas 2 years ago. So thankful that Roz could borrow them from Mya for the Holidays! Thanks Mya!

Baby Neely and Baby Roz....too cute!

Auntie Rachel can HARDLY wait for her new baby to come in June! Dray sure does have his fingers crossed for a boy cousin!

Mya was a hoot watching open gifts! She was on cloud 9, that's for sure! What a beautiful little girl!

Me and my baby girl on Christmas Eve.

Jake with his two Goddaughters...Mya above and Ella below.

Ella sure does love her baby cousins! So precious!

Andray scored BIG TIME with his gift from Papa and Gma Stang! They got him a RED tractor with the trailer! He was beyond excited to open it and start playing with it! Thanks so much Papa and Gma Stang for his gift! He loves it!

All dressed up for Christmas Eve.

Roz getting a quick bottle in before opening gifts...thanks Gma Sandy for feeding her!

Again...did we mention how much Dray loved his new tractor?

We kids gave Steve and Sandy and new 2010 calendar for xmas....they loved it! And so do we!

CHRISTMAS DAY

On Christmas Day the four of us stayed home and Jake and Andray put Baby Jesus in the manger. Pretty special.

RAUSCH CHRISTMAS - December 27, 2009

Jake and I absolutely love this photo of Roz and Great Gma Rausch! Roslyn's 1st Christmas with Great Gma Mary Ann!

Gma Rausch made each great grandchild a pillow for Christmas...very special. An awesome keepsake for the kids! We are so thankful!

Andray and Jake stayed home from the Rausch Christmas because they were both still sick. Dray loved his pillow though when I brought it home for him!

Dray loves Santa and always walked up to him and says, "Nice."

Roz was in heaven watching football yesterday at the Rausch Christmas gathering.

Roz was fascinated with Papa Steve as well!

The kids Sunday morning...too precious.

Thanks Big Cousin Isabel for sharing this beautiful dress with Roz, it fits her perfect!

I love my baby girl soooooooooo much! What an amazing 1st Christmas with Roslyn!

Thanks again Mya (Rhonda and Brian) for lending your red shoes to Roz for Christmas...it made for a perfect 1st Christmas.

Roslyn Turns 7 Months at Christmas Time!

Roslyn Ann is 7 months old today...the time just keeps flying by! Yesterday the kids had their Christmas party at Daycare...Andray was so excited to see Santa! He just kept pointing at Santa and saying, "See, Santa....see, Santa....see, Santa!" And then of course Andray would add in the, "ho...ho...ho's!" It was adorable. Roz actually liked Santa more than Andray did last year, so that was a plus! In this photo above, Roz is wearing what Andray wore last year for his first Christmas! It's been a blessing having the kids this close, Roz gets to wear a lot of Andray's outfits, so great! Have a wonderful Christmas everyone...we love you all! The Stang's

Andray pointing at Santa! Well, these are the only three photos I got yesterday at the party. My batteries in my camera died! Ah, I was so mad! But thankfully our neighbor was there taking tons of pictures, so hopefully I can get some copies from them!

Roslyn loves her daycare provider, Angie! Last night a good college friend Michelle came and realigned Roslyn. Michelle is a chiropractor. Whatever she did helped because Roz slept through the night really without waking up once and crying! First time in a long time. Roz is still very congested, but her temp has broke and hopefully once she can get cleared up, she'll start drinking and sleeping better!

Frank Family Christmas A Success!!!!

We had a wonderful time down in Redwood Falls this past weekend for our Frank Christmas. Despite the fact that Roslyn got sick Friday night and is still sick, she was a trooper, hardly ever cried (except during the night of course). Andray was in complete heaven playing with his big cousin Isabel Lucia...and of course, we all enjoyed laying around in our sweats by the fire place downstairs and actually taking naps! Thanks Mom and Dad for an awesome weekend! It was perfect! Love the Stang's

Saturday night we headed to church and then took family photos after. It's amazing to think just one year ago we were just finding out we were pregnant with Roslyn and Andray was just learning to sit up! What a difference just ONE YEAR makes!

Uncle Jacob sure does love his Godson Andray and nieces Isabel and Roslyn! He used up a lot of energy this past weekend playing with all of the kids!

It's so amazing to have Aaron, Megan and Isabel closer now! Because they only live 3 hours away, they were able to stay all day Sunday and hang out, pretty awesome!

Andray and Isa Lu had a complete blast dancing around the living room together and listening to Christmas music...absolutely precious!

The three grandkids got new stockings this year. And even the dog Heidi and the cat Jaz got stockings...too funny!

SLEDDING FUN!

Megan and I took Andray and Isabel sledding on Sunday afternoon. Both kids had a ball! And so did we! I haven't been sledding at mom and dad's in years....brought back lots of memories!

Isa Lu...

Andray's face in this photo is absolutely PRICELESS!

Even Roz got to hang out with Gma Carol outside for a little bit to breath in some fresh air.

Andray loved putting his arms up in the air while going down the hill...our little dare devil!
Isa loves her new purple sled!
Too much fun!
The worst part about sledding, walking back up the hill, ha!

OPENING GIFTS

Although Roslyn was pretty sick on Sunday, she woke up in time from her nap to open her ornament from Papa and Gma Carol...pretty special.

I love my baby girl soooooooooooooooo much! It's so tough when they are sick!

Andray got a train set from Papa and Gma Frank, and I'm pretty sure Jake is way more excited than Dray, ha! Jake already knows exactly where he wants to set the train station up at in the basement! Gotta love it!

Dray woke up very excited Sunday morning, he must have know we were going to open gifts!

Isa Lu was a great help opening gifts!

Uncle Jacob got Andray a Lincoln Logs toy set...too cool! Isa loved playing with them too!

A busy little boy.

Santa came and was very generous filling the stockings! Megan and I figured mom and dad won't be able to wrap the gifts with their "return address labels" much longer. Eventually, Isa is going to learn how to read and will realize the gifts aren't from Santa, ha!

Roz was the same size as her stocking...so sweet. You can just tell from the pictures that she was not feeling good. Chapped cheeks and she could barely open her eyes. So sad!

Roslyn got a book about a Baby's 1st Christmas, pretty cute. If she would've been feeling better, she would've been much more excited!

FAMILY FUN!

We're pretty sure Andray gets his dancing moves from the Stang side!

Andray loves his Godfather!!!

Friday night my Godmother Margie stopped by. It was the first time she had met Baby Roslyn and we got some adorable photos for scrapbooking!

Roz checking out the lights...

Roslyn loves her Papa Larry!

Andray kept telling everyone that Baby Jesus was "napping" outside...too cute!

Aaron was teaching Roz how to play the piano....she loves her Godfather!

Dad, Andray and I took a walk down the driveway Saturday morning and Dray loved being pulled in his new sled! (well, I found the sled at a garage sale this past summer and it was the best $2 I've ever spent!)

I swear, even in the winter my Mom and Dad's yard is beautiful!

The kids loved having Papa Larry read bed time stories.

Dad even got to feed Roslyn quite a few bottles...

Roz was pretty miserable by Sunday, so Auntie Megan was a great help, feeding/changing/rocking baby Roz. Thanks Megan!

And through it all....Roslyn still had plenty of smiles to go around for Christmas! What a great year it's been for our entire family!

Baby Roslyn is beyond excited for her first Christmas! So much fun!