olson christmas santa pictures

tonight we took the kids to the riverwoods (an outdoor mall) and happened upon santa

he was outside and it was FREEZING...like 15 degrees so coats stayed on and we kept it quick

olive was so excited until it was time to get close

and eleanor was too nervous to sit on him, too 

so michael and i joined in the pictures

not the greatest by any means...

i thought it would be fun to look through our old santa pictures

none of which have really been planned or great

but it's a record nonetheless 

2011 at michael's old company party decagon

michael was super ill and possibly had been in the ER earlier that day

with a super long/terrible virus

and i was pregnant with eleanor

2010 at decagon

 2009 at decagon
i was pregnant with olive

 2008 in kent at "winterfest"

2007 at a community playgroup i'd take noah to

he wouldn't get close without me

and i was pregnant with hazel

there's possibly a picture from the year before at a singles ward christmas party

 of michael and i with baby noah but i don't know where it is

and sadly we just didn't happen upon a santa last year

oh well

fun to look back