And here we are wrapping up the year. Man, what a year it was too. I LOVE reflecting back on a year and all we learned... but I'll save that for another post. 😉 For now I'll share a bit of our December and the fun holiday we had with family and friends.
We had a beautiful surprise call that said our families were gonna help pay to bring us home for Christmas. SO grateful! It was a blast of a week, filled with tons of memories, laughter, nerf bullets, legos, game times, food, and jokes.
We ended the year at home, together but we didn't stay up late- we instead celebrated with London and all of England at 7pm. We counted down with them and watched their fireworks over the London Eye. It was a night to remember for sure, LOVE their excitement and we pray we can actually be there IN person next year to celebrate with all the Brits.
We hope everyone had a delightful month and a wonderful holiday week.
Look for our New Years post soon... we'll review our year, talk about what God has done for us and what our 2019 goals are.
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of course we spent a good deal of our time this month in the kitchen,
making goodies for our parties, neighbors, and friends. |
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| family frosting party |
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| the kids did a great job this year making sure each one was completely frosted |
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| winter sunsets in our hood are pretty, dog gone, gorgeous |
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| a new family favorite this year... SPRITZ |
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| trying to finish strong before our long winter break ... |
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NC was in line for quit the snow storm in early December...
this was 3 days before it hit!! No bread... low milk supplies, and the store was worse then Black Friday... |
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| we LOVED decorating, inside and out, this year... |
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| our annual christmas tree sleep out... with Santa Clause, cookies, hot cocoa, and family time |
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| And here it is... SNOW!!!! |
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we spent a large part of our day with neighbors sledding down our driveway,
throwing snow balls, and having fun in the cold |
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| morning reads with M and breakfast |
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someone thought it was a good time to potty train...
4 days before leaving for a road trip! haha |
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| Moments I never want to miss <3 |
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our ugly sweater party had some very awesome winners!!!!!!!
it was a blast! |
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| a great evening with friends!!! Can't wait to do it again. |
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| our sweet little tree all lite up for our Christmas morning |
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| a sight I love during the holiday season |
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| MERRY CHRISTMAS |
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| stockings and presents, coffee cake, music, and lots of play time |
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| M & I had a special date to see a very amazing and talented friend in the Nutcracker!! |
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| M loves to read to his siblings... |
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| Telling stories to the nieces and nephews at Gull Lake |
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With 15 kids in the house... cups get personalized and kept for the weekend!
It was a blast. Very grateful for the time we were able to spend with everyone |
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| arts and crafts.... before it got too messy |
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| Chess was the game of choice for the weekend ... and surprisingly most of them understood it |
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| Papa in his glory! :) |
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| the three musketeers...aka trouble makers |
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| We LOVED our time with PB&J |
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| this is what christmas time looks like with 15 kids... just add boxes. paper, stockings. candy, and lots of happy squeels and shouts! |
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| oh the joy!! |
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| Uncle Steve has the coolest work! |
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| Uncle Scott makes the coolest games! |
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| so happy we got to spent time with these guys! |
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| GINGERBREAD MEN! |
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| special times with MeeMaw |
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| NERF WARS!!! |
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| these two .... |
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| what a team! |
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The original three musketeers.
These three... how did they get so big!?!?! |
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| Game time with Poppy! |
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| happy to spend some much needed time with my sista! |
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Surprising the Bonhomme's was probably one of my favorites from our trip!!!!
This was so worth it!!! |
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I got Aunt J to play PIT!!!!
Christmas Eve was made! |
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| oh these two! |
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| game time with a family favorite game |
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| Aunt M and I snacking between PIT rounds |
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| The PIT crew ... my how we've grown! |
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| CHRISTMAS @ NANNY'S |
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| walking on the ceiling with Poppy |
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| one last ride on my truck! |
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| they loved it |
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As of 2019 my dad is a retired Fire Chief!
I will miss this place and the memories it holds for my family,
and am so grateful for my father's sacrifices the last 29 years. |
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| celebrating T before heading home! |
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| T's choice for breakfast |
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| happy to be home and reunited with our pup |
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| our week between Christmas and New Years looked a lot like this.... |
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| last park trip of 2018, in 60 degree weather! |
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enjoying our bathrobes from Nanny!
Thanks Nanny - we love them! |
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C@D's squad of 8 year old boys!!!
We've loved watching them grow |
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| HAPPY NEW YEAR |
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| celebrated London's time zone and partied hard at 7pm |
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| counting down .... |
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| okay... he was happier for the new year then he led on! ha |
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| watching London's firework display and celebrating 2019 with them!!!!! |
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