Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the Burdorfs! We didn't make it to Sioux City for Christmas Eve/Day because of the weather, so we were in State Center by ourselves. We were very sad we couldn't see the Burdorfs, but we made the best of the situation at home.

We set the timer on the camera after we had been to church to try and get some family pictures. It was fun and funny! Take a look:

Our "formal" picture -


I told Jenna we should be silly and pretend to be reindeer.
Take one-

Jenna does it, but Brody doesn't.

Take two -

Brody gives it a good effort and Jenna doesn't. Oh well, we got some good laughs out of trying!

Happy Holidays Everybody! :)

Church Program

On Sunday, Jenna was part of the Christmas program at church. She was asked to be one of the angels and she basically just had to sing one song and walk to the front of the church and then stand by the manger. I was nervous that she wouldn't walk up, but the older girls kind of pushed her down first and she went with no problems. We were very proud of her!

The kiddos before church

The angels walking down the aisle.

Jenna and her friend Jackson, singing a Christmas version of

"Twinkle, Twinkle." Jenna just wanted to sing the regular

version. :)

Old-Fashioned Christmas on Main

State Center held it's annual Christmas event - Old-Fashioned Christmas on Main - last Friday night. I, of course, had to take pictures for the paper, so we were out and about enjoying all the events that were going on. Here are a few of our photos:


Santa was in town! Doesn't Brody look excited?! At least there
were no tears.

Daddy got to hang out with us before his basketball game.
Here they are at the library for the professional storyteller.

I was trying to take a picture of the kids listening, but as soon
as Brode saw the camera he looked at me and said, "cheese!"

There was a petting zoo for the kids. Jenna loved this rabbit,
which was sooooo soft and cuddily!

Thanksgiving

The first Hunecke grandkids pic...Jenna & Brody just love "Baby Maddox!


We had a short, but great Thanksgiving! We had plans to go to Swea City to my grandma Beadle's, but she came down with the flu on Wednesday, so we had to change our plans Wednesday afternoon. Because Aaron had baskektball Friday morning we couldn't go too far.

We ended up heading to my mom's for Thanksgiving. It worked out great because Brooke and her kids came down and Justin/Mandy/Maddox came down for supper. It wasn't a big crowd, but it was fun to just catch-up. Friday morning we were on the road by 7:15 am to get back for practice, but it was definitely worth it to see family!

The rest of the weekend we relaxed, which was so nice. Aaron had practice Saturday and I had to help with wrestling pictures, but we were able to sneak in a nap with the kids and get the Christmas tree and other decorations up throughout the weekend. All in all, a great holiday!

Happy 30th Birthday Daddy! We love you soooo much! (And can't wait for cake tonite!)

Children's Message

At church on Sunday during the children's message Jenna went up front for it. Our pastor singled her out and asked if she'd like to play a game with him. Now, although Jenna is very outgoing, she tends to get shy when she's in front of a lot of people. Much to our surprise she was very cooperative.

It went like this: Our pastor was talking about knowing your "Father's" voice and with the kids he meant father as in their dad. Jenna had to turn her back to the audience and random people in the congregation were shouting out, "Hi Jenna!" and after every one our Pastor would ask Jenna if that was her dad. She knew Aaron's voice right away.

The funniest part had to be when he was explaining how the game worked and Aaron realized he had to participate. He was pretty excited. :) Afterwards Jenna was imitating everybody's voice and it was hilarious because she would make her voice low for the old men. We were very proud of how outgoing she was though!

H1N1 Vaccinations

The Story County Medical Center was holding an H1N1 flu clinic on Thursday for those people that are in the priority groups. Since both the kids are, I figured that I should probably go over and try to get them vaccinated.

It was crazy! The clinic started at 4 PM and when we got there at 3:45 all the parking spots were full and we had to wait outside. Luckily, we got inside quickly, but the line seemed to stall after that. We ended up being there for about an hour and 15 minutes. The kids did great considering it was hard to keep them occupied with absolutely nothing to do but stand in line.

Jenna got the mist and did wonderful! Brody had a shot and cried for a couple seconds until I pointed out that they had suckers and then he quit crying immediately! :)