Christmas in Iowa

Our 2017 Christmas card photo
Jon, Beth, Lute, Paul, Alana
Michelle, Zahra, Tim

And the "crazy" Olson photo for the back of the card!  :-)

Cutting down our tree

Reading stories with Zahra

Zahra sure wants a bite of Lute's cookie!  

Raisins for snacks

Our neighbor, Curran, came to visit Zahra.

 Z and her Dad

Ready to go outside

Lute and his high school friends

And with the spouses & fiancee & soon to be fiancee!  

Grammy and Zahra with the figures in her Nativity set.

The child-like wonder of Christmas

Christmas Eve dinner

Cookie tray

Guys in Santa hats!  

Paul, Alana, and Zahra - Christmas Eve

Our sweet Zahra

Z's first hand-made gift for her parents

Plaster of Paris hand-print

ZAP celebrating Christmas in Iowa

Z with her doll, and a basketball from Uncle Lute

The best Christmas present!

Our little "snow-bunny" girl!