The Lenssens in 2010

We hope that you were able to remember Christ this Christmastime. Our family intentionally focused on the birth of our Savior and plan to continue that into 2011.

Happy New Year to you all!

(And-- a special treat! We just got proofs from our family photo shoot that was too late for this year's Christmas card. Enjoy!)

Dwayne in 2010

Here's a look at what Dwayne enjoyed this year!

Angela in 2010

And a snapshot (HA! no pun intended) into Angela's year...

Sadie in 2010

And here's a glimpse into the life of Sadie this year!

Allison in 2010

Here's a little view of our year with our sweet curly redhead! Love this girl!

Grant in 2010

What a great year we had with this fabulous little guy! There's not a day that goes by without smiles induced by our sweet 5 year old!

Fall into Winter

We had a beautiful fall here on the Palouse-- vibrant colors and lots of dry leaves to play in! Gorgeous, warm and enjoyable.

And then, right at Thanksgiving, we dove directly into winter! We had several big snowstorms and low temps to last a few weeks. We had a good supply of sledding snow to keep the kids outside and active.

Even had some fun with cousin Lana!

So far, we couldn't ask for better fall and winter weather. Bring on some more!

Halloween

Yes, we did get dressed up for Halloween this year.

The kids were creative with their ideas, and we did our best to create a look for them (even if one boy didn't end up wearing some items mom made... he really just wanted big muscles. :)

We have Jessie the cowgirl, Popeye the Sailor Man, and Matilda.

We celebrated at the Harvest Festival that Angela (a.k.a. the Pink Lady... no kids knew what a Pink Lady is! :) coordinated again this year at church. Crazy fun! This year there were over 500 people at the church for the event.

On to winter!

A 5-Year-Old Birthday

At the end of October the youngest member of our family turned 5 years old!

Grant had a lot of ideas for parties and gifts (and can list more and more "for my next birthday"), but settled on a "Chinese Birthday" (dinner with family at a chinese restaurant) and a gathering with friends at McDonalds.

We can't believe he's already five years old. The time is flying by... just as parents before me would warn. It's amazing how fast days can go. Cherish them, people!

We've been waiting 10 years for this...

It's here!

Sadie's 10th birthday!

Why is that so cool? Well, I'll tell you. It's because her 10th birthday lands on 10/10/10.

Yup. One of the coolest Golden Birthdays EVER.

We discovered it soon after she was born on 10/10/00. And I always said we'd have a big celebration.

It's here. And we're so thankful for our sweet Sadie!

We love you-- you'll always be a Perfect 10 to us!!!

Crazy Fun

Just some photos to show some crazy fun we've had lately. Silly photos are so often better than "cheesy" ones!

Grant. Oh, that boy. Seriously. Nothing serious about him! Once again, Grant adored wheat harvest. This year he even spent multiple full days (like 12 hours each) "workin'" with Dad, Grandpa and Uncle Mark.

Allison. So much fun! That girl is photogenic and always ready for a good time. Love her. This one is for Grandpa who wanted to know how she'd fair eating corn without any teeth. :)

Sadie. Sweet, simple Sadie. She had a super duper summer-- courageously taking on new and big adventures like going to a three night summer camp and conquering the tube slides at the aquatic center. Of course, she loved both more than she imagined possible (can mom say "I told you so"?).

Angela. She's been taking a photography class and asking the kids to pose so she can practice. Grant got tired of always being on the opposite end of the camera and wanted his turn. So, this shot is courtesy of Grant. Nice work, buddy!

Dwayne. His version of crazy fun comes every August. Harvest time! We catch him when we can.

Crazy fun, peeps!

July Joy

So, I'm still behind... but you gotta love the photos of these kids and puppies! Too cute

Grandma From-The-West-Side and Auntie Who-Has-Two-Almost-Three Girls came to visit in July and we had so much fun playing!

Of course, we spent some quality time at the aquatic center...

And enjoyed Lana's puppies, too.

What joy!