Minnesota for Xmas !!

This is the first time in about 14 years that Aran has been back to Minnesota and his family for Christmas. It was his parents his 50th anniversary and we thought that was the most special time to go this year. Usually Aaron is working for the tribe and is hunting elk for the elder and single families. Luckily he had all the hunting done before we left. We were very lucky that the lake that they live on was completely frozen over so we ended up Ice-skating every day. It was so fun to have to have everybody together. And Lilja and her cousin Tae were just two peas in a pod. Just FYI this blog is letting me only write captions for the first two pictures and then my phone does not let me do that anymore this happened before with my iPhone. So it’s a lot harder to do these blogs now so I apologize but will try and make a little story at the top and then you can see the photos when you scroll down. The photos with all the lights are at the botanical gardens in Albuquerque. It was one of the most amazing experiences. The only downfall was the thousands of people that were with us shoulder to shoulder bum to bum nose to nose trying to see exactly the same thing that we wanted to see. But for once in a lifetime that was really amazing