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Saturday, December 27, 2008

A Pella Christmas

This morning we got up very early to drive from St. Louis to Pella, Iowa, to see lots of relatives from the Van Hal side of Bryan's family.
On each leg of the car trip during our Christmas travels we've been giving Anna one new animal toy. When she has them all she can take them apart and mix and match them. Today she received a hedgehog :).


By the time we arrived in Pella it was lunchtime. This pic is of Anna eating in the impromptu highchair we made for her in our hotel room.

After lunch and a nice nap we went to Bryan's grandparents house to meet a LOT of family members. Here is Anna taking a swing with Uncle Mark.

Here is Aunt Linda trying to coax Anna to come closer with the clever use of a dog. Anna is a sucker for animals.

Here's Anna with her great Grandma Van Hal...

... and reading a book with Bryan's cousin Jeff.

Anna's favorite part, of course, was the presents. Thank you everyone for the nice gifts!

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