Decorating the Christmas Tree

Erin was a big help decorating the Christmas tree this year. She really liked all the ornaments and could hang them on the branches.
Looks Kind of Like the Big Ball of Christmas Lights on National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation...

Helping Daddy

Yea!

Snowball Fight!

Erin loves to go outside and play in the snow.  I have actually found her outside with no shoes on when I left her unattended for a few minutes (doing laundry or upstairs or something not Home ALONE!)  She loves to make show balls (or make other people make her snowballs because she isn't very good at it yet.)

Watch out Dad!

Mom I don't know why you want me to wear gloves! It is way easier to collect snow and pack it into a ball without them!

Watch out Craig!

Blindsiding Some Poor Unsuspecting Soul

Isn't She Adorable?

Cutting Down Our Christmas Tree

A few weeks ago, we made our annual trek down to Hensler's Nursery to pick out our Riesenberg Family Christmas Tree!  Two cars, four dogs, eight people, two trees later, we found our tree and had fun in the snow.
Erin Not So Sure About Mrs. Clause

Kramer really liked the animals and tried to get in their pens with them (and was successful with the horses. I however couldn't get a picture of it because I was too busy trying to get him out before he got stomped on.)

On the Train

The Riesenberg Family Christmas Tree

Erin even sat on Santa's lap this year and No TEARS!  Just a terrified look. A step in the right direction!

Mommy and Erin

ERin and MAry Jane

 

500th Post!

We have hit a milestone here people!  This is officially my 500th post!  And in honor of my 500th post, a picture.
Our first Snowman of the Season!

Christmas Cards 2010

Wonder Trees Noir Christmas Card

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Shutterfly Holiday Cards!

Can't believe it is that time of year again!!  I highly recommend Shutterfly Christmas Cards!  Here in the Riesenberg household, we are huge fans of Shutterfly. We do a lot of our photo sharing through Shutterfly. We also use them for photo printing and have ordered three or four photo books from them.  They make fantastic gifts! Here are links to the photo books I have created for various occassions. They always are a huge hit and turn out really nice looking and are shipped pretty quickly.
Grandpa
Daddy
Grandma

My mom liked the Daddy book so much she made me buy her one of her own!  Erin likes to read it too. It is one of her favorite books. I think because she enjoys looking at herself. :)

We've taken a look at their holiday 2010 photo card styles and have selected the following as our "favorites".  It will be very difficult to decide which design to choose! They are all adorable!

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Movie Tuesdays

Long Lost Videos

The new Purcell Pavillion at the JACC

Mmmmmmm hot dogs!

Erin's first Notre Dame Game

Papa and Erin eating a hot dogat the Notre Dame Women's Basketball Game