Christmas 2020 the year of COVID distancing and toilet paper shortage. !

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This is the clever new snow measuring device that Jeff bought.  As you can see, God blessed us with a good snow fall, this one measured about 10 1/2 “.

We traveled to Nebraska to spend Christmas with our oldest daughter and family.  
This is the gorgeous Christmas tree and lots of packages.  When you have 5 children and the grandparents come, that is what happens!

This is Martin the family dog with his good friend Mulligan   who they were dog sitting.  

One of our oldest daughters memorable gifts was our license plate from the vehicle we drove while we were stationed in Germany.  Her younger sister got the other license plate.  The green VW Passat is the vehicle in Germany. 

This is a picture of the German Vehicle. 

Our youngest granddaughter loved this umbrella and her “IN STYLE “ hat!

This was their family gift from our youngest daughter.  

Our grandson was very surprised and pleased when he received his school jacket from his parents.  

Fun time with family photos shoot.  Only missing one, our second to oldest grandson.  

Our youngest granddaughter had been wanting the  Church Christmas Eve part of Mary the mother of Baby Jesus, She finally was chosen her final year in the Nativity program.  

Our youngest granddaughter and her Papa have always been close!   Here they are ready for Christmas. 

This was a beautiful metal gift from our youngest daughter

You know it’s Christmas when there’s many freshly baked cookies just waiting to be decorated.  Everyone  had a hand in the decorating process.  They turned out beautiful and delicious too!

This is an original bathroom decoration.  The reason it is so fitting is the COVID shortage of toilet paper.  Too bad we weren’t supposed to have house guests or home parties.  

My good friend and Nieghbor , Arlene with the sleigh greens arrangement , I bought at the German Christmas market.  She loved it. 

Christmas is always very special as we celebrate Jesus Birthday.  This is our Church at Black Hawk, SD  Divine Shepherd LCMS.  

This is the famous Bullock Motel and casino in Deadwood. 

A Teflon ice skating area. 

Jeff and I enjoyed a German Christmas market at Deadwood.  We loved the hot warming coffee with Irish Cream.   You should try it!

Covid almost canceled our annual friend Christmas party But God gave us a couple warm 70° days and we decided to have our party at a nearby park.  It was beautiful and a lot of fun as usual.  The theme was  “ Angels We Have Heard on High”. 

This had to be the funniest, most clever themed anonymous gift.  It was a cloud with herd of toy calves with wings on them. 

2020 first half of year.

Back to Alamo for a short stay.  I just had to share a few pictures of our Youngest daughter’s family Chickens.  

Our Granddaughter Dezzi was Confirmed at St Paul’s LCMS  in Minot ND.  What a wonderful Church. They drove 2 hours every Sunday to attend and receive the Word and Sacrament!  

We camped at a nice camp site close to Minot. 

The fun ZOO in Minot.   Also a Norwegian  Park with the Norwegian Chapel and big horse. 

Feeding the fish at the Spearfish fish Hatchery. 

We had such a great time fishing and boating. Even caught their first fish.  

We just had to make a stop at the candy store.  Happy grandchildren!. 

 

Aug and Sep.  Sutton camp trip to SD with Olive the Bus 

This was our August friend Birthday celebration in Centennial park.   

3 Birthdays on Aug 12  and 2 more in August. 

Lots of Trump flags, hats, t-shirts, Trump Parades etc.  He ran for a second term with Biden running for Democrats.   Covid made it hard to campaign but Trump had many Rallies.  He did wind up loosing the election but I am not convinced it was not rigged. 

In July our Middle granddaughter got to have their class graduation.  Space limited with chairs set up with “distancing” 

She is so beautiful and we are very proud of her!

She has been working as a CNA for past year when she wasn’t in school.  Doesn’t she look so nice in her blue scrubs. 

These are the 2 youngest children of our Oldest Daughter.  These are their school pictures. 

She had a great 10 days with us in SD.  But she missed her dog Marty a lot and he missed her too. 

Fun to walk in the water at Canyon Lake Park. 

It was so much fun to go fishing with our youngest granddaughter.  She makes everything fun. 

At angostura lake.  . 

Spearfish Canyon with Bridal Veil and Ruff luck falls.  

I am with youngest daughter on left and oldest daughter on right.  

My brothers children,  Nephew and 2 Nieces. 

camper.