| The holidays are my favorite time of year- for obvious reasons of course. I love all of it from the decorating to the crafts, treats, gift shopping/giving/receiving and just all of the fun traditions we are still developing as a family unit. The highlight of it all is getting to see it through my children's eyes and watching as each year they understand more and more. Here is a picture recap of some of our favorite moments.  |
| Pen decorating her own Christmas tree for her room |
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| Kalista's adorable Minnie birthday |
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| a rare "lie in" |
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| Gumbo Party- MacKenzie loves Minnie too |
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| our Christmas Gumbo Extravaganza |
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| Kate and Tammy and Cassidy enjoying Gumbo |
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| watching the fireworks from the Parade of Lights at Grammy's |
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| Nutcracker |
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| she gets it every year ;) |
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| elf fun |
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| getting the tree! |
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| Christmas crafts with Sam |
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| swimming with Sue |
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| date night |
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| christmas lights and hot cocoa |
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| early Christmas with Cousin Lily |
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| meeting Ayin |
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| Christmas class project/gift- her fingerprints are the ladybugs |
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| I will cherish this forever! |
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| Talina's pop up party |
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| multi-tasking |
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| play date with Kalista |
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| craft project with Kalista |
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| happy beautiful Carter |
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| PEP at Sam's house |
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| holiday dinner with the MacNaughton's |
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| date night! |
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| christmasy breakfasts |
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| christmas morning kids breakfast |
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| christmas eve we visited the manger at the Mission |
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| silliness |
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| father/daughter tradition- making Santa's cookies |
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| I love this pic Christmas morning |
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| first Uggs |
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| whoa! |
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| first dollhouse |
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| "Pen's room" ;) |
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| first bike |
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| Christmas dinner at Grammy and Papa Bear's |
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| sleepover at Grammy and Papa Bear's house |
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| State Street Christmas lights |
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| gift from Pen's teachers homemade peppermint play dough |
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| grandparent gifts |
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| I love this art project from Pen's class because it shows exactly what she likes |
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| mom had to have some holiday crafts to do too! |
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| book exchange at our Bible study holiday party |
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| DIY Christmas gifts |
