Last good night story from Oma

Oma and Opa and Nikki head home tonight, so they're getting a last story from Oma as we speak (yes, it's 10:00pm and the kids are still up... don't tell Nikki's parents!).

We had a great week with them here -- they even kept me too busy to blog, as has been duly noted by Nikki's Mom. Santa Claus came around a second time just for them. Nikki rode a horse all by herself -- she says it's the first time she rode without someone leading the horse. We had a gymnastics demonstration by Nikki and Jordan put on for the benefit of the grown ups. Everyone oohed and aahed over Jessie and her two cute new front teeth. The kids made apple Santa Clauses (Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without that tradition!). We all put together Nikki's new Christmas puzzle. We had another birthday celebration for Uncle Ben. We discussed Hebrews chapter 7 and how to find a lesson in it for kids (you try to come up with an interesting lesson on Melchizadek that will hold a roomful of 6 to 16 year olds attentions and let me know what you find!). We played Scrabble and Phase 10 deep into the night. We mucked stalls in a barn that had been neglected too long (thanks, Dad!). And we moved furniture around the house that I couldn't do on my own, and re-arranged the guest room in preparation for the next exciting guests we will have (thanks, all!) -- which will probably be the Austrian Oma this Spring. All in all we had a great week and will be sad to see them go tomorrow morning. I know at least one 8 year old boy in this house is praying for a snowstorm tonight to keep them here at least one more day.