December was a whirlwind. I'll let the pictures tell teh story, but one thing I do want to highlight was the look of surprise on my grandpa's face when we showed up after breakfast one morning! :)
It was the best!
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| forest school silliness |
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| an epic new lego gift |
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sickness ran through our home during the last weeks of November thru December.
E took the brunt of it |
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| the infection took him down hard and landed us in the urgent care for most of the night one evening. |
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| while the sickness took it's rounds, the healthy folks baked! |
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i just love the layers of sun in our yard.
i'll never take it for granted |
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we had A LOT happening thru the month, so to keep it all together
the kids helped me make a fun calendar that allowed us to count down to take off! |
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| the weather was beautiful and spent nearly an entire week giving us afternoon rainbows. |
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| becoming more of a confident reader and pulling out the fun books |
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| salt dough ornaments for a cold evening win |
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| the very place best to nap - by the tree |
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| Christmas with neighbors! They spoil our kids so much!! |
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a classic British Christmas movie with our small group at the Parish church,
accompanied by pizza and popcorn. |
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| merry christmas with friends ! |
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a lovely and quiet Christmas lunch with some dear friends.
it was a mom only afternoon and it was beautiful and delicious |
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| these girls are the best! |
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| forest school - creating christmas collages and art pieces |
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| working hard. |
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Ugly Sweater 2022 in the books!
The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.
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| what a joy to share life and holidays with these folks! |
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one day, this kid just pulled this book out from under the tree
and started reading it to me... |
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| just a dusting - but snow none the less! |
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| glowstick christmas walk |
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| our Christmas eve, Shephard's Dinner tradition |
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| our mock Christmas morning! |
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| outside the garden |
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and we're off to the states!!
To surprise family and enjoy the holidays with them! |
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Chicago skyline - I can't describe what this did for my heart as we came in.
It brought a tear to my eye and made my heart flip flop |
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| worth every moment of airports and airplanes |
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| those smiles! |
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the surprise was a success and we totally got him!!
SO grateful for our time with him. and REAL hugs |
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| <3 |
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girl cousin time!! we were just missing a few.
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N got her ears pierced and was a rockstar at it.
never cried. |
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gingerbread house making - it was the 2nd year in a row that we had to do it
without someone due to covid... but we made due and tried our best |
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| Christmas eve classics |
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Our eve traditions, food and games.
love my family |
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| missing one - darn weather was a blizzard, literally. |
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| uncle jesse piggyback rides are the best |
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due to stupid covid, we lost 2
but we haven't spent a christmas together in 7 years
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| how this one and our youngest spent the holiday .... |
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| happy 10th bday! |
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classic sledding hill!
what a blast! |
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| Keith Cousins |
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| bowling with both sides! |
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| Bonhomme Cousins |
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| we shared the British classic with our cousins for movie night |
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| nerf war time |
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loved sharing a house with our big family.
there was always someone to chat with or play a game with.
it was a blessed and great 3 days! |
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| Keith Family 2022 |
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| Keith Cousins 2022 |
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| time to celebrate and bring in the new year! |
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we spent the night playing games with siblings until early into the new year!
a wonderful way to celebrate |
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| Our awesome missional community group christmas party! |
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