Merry Christmas December 2010

Well everyone, another year has come and gone and we at the Amandus house have been rather busy. We completed the hardwood floor, put in new white doors, textured and painted the main rooms, finished the garage (we now just need to get rid of a bunch of stuff and organize it). We also were able to go to Boise for a week and had a wonderful time there...OH I wish I could just stay!! We loved going up to the mountains and seeing some good friends there. It was so great to see and hug everyone while we were in Boise.
Mike is still on the Dean's List in college. He is still working at the guard unit in Lincoln and recently went to Germany for two weeks! He had a great time there and ate a lot of really yummy food! He really enjoyed the Christmas markets and liked the slower pace. He also has been very busy with the projects around the house and keeping the kids organized. He has taken on a couple Website jobs on the side and I sure love to look at the work he does. It blows my mind every time he comes up with the designs and layouts. He works very hard and it shows in his websites.
Loralee is very busy working in the ER as the Medical Secretary. She enjoy's all the people she works with and says the ER and the pace is very addicting. She has also been very busy with photography and had a very busy wedding, senior, and family portrait season. She had the opportunity to take her own brothers wedding pictures in March and cherrished every moment! She stays busy also with scrapbooking our family pictures and attends a swap every month with her friends. The kids keep her very busy as well with all their activities.
Kaitlynn started first grade and is doing so well with reading. We have been very impressed with her and her drawing. She also loves to sing and dance and is doing so well at both!! She also started playing soccer this year and even though she is small, she is very good at being the goalie! That is her favorite position.
Hailey started Kindergarted and any time you mention school her eyes light up and she gets the biggest smile. She is such a joy! She is really good with numbers and is learning her sight words. She loves to play, run, dance and burn that energy she has so much of!!! We love our little ball of fire!! She is also in dance with Kaitlynn and they just finished doing the Nutcracker. They had such a wonderful time as the cooks. Hailey loves to color and work on her bead crafts.
Mikey is all boy. It's all about Trains, Toy Story, trucks, Buzz, riding bikes, Woody, running around outside and getting dirty, Evil Dr. Pork Chop, the rest of the Toy Story Gang, and playing his leapster. He is FINALLY potty trained and we think what really helped him was the motivation to go to "school" like his sisters. He LOVE's preschool and also LOVES nursery at church. We can hardly believe he will be a Sunbeam!
We love our time together and adventuring around and exploring as a family. We are enjoying our time here in Omaha, but sure miss the mountains and our family and friends in the west...as usual. We loved watching the Broncos this season and proudly sport the Orange and Blue where ever we go. We are the Broncos biggest out of state fans!! It's nice to see other colors besides a sea of nothing but red and white.
We miss you all and hope you have a wonderful Holiday season!