Okay....so I know I have been slacking on the blogging lately! The hustle and bustle of the holidays kicked my butt. I am finally getting caught up it seems!!
We had a great Thanksgiving with my parents, sister, niece and Mike's brother John, his wife Jennifer & daughter Sapphire joining us. We ate lots of great food and made our game plan for our annual black Friday shopping trip. The shopping on Friday was lots of fun with lots of great deals. We ended the day of shopping with the annual Christmas Parade and Spaghetti dinner! My parents were able to go with us and Karlee loved the parade. It was very cold but we wrapped up in blankets and enjoyed the candy. Karlee got to see Dora, fire trucks and Santa Clause to name a few of the floats. Every time the fire truck goes by the house now, Karlee thinks it is Santa.
On the 12th, my cousin Aimee welcomed her fifth child, Kennadee. Aimee is an amazingly strong person going through a very rough time right now so please keep her and her family in your prayers. Look at this adorable Christmas Miracle!!
The rest of our month was filled with Christmas parties and other Christmas activities building up to the main event!!! Here are a few photos from the month!!
If I look super cool & cute, can I open them early???
The Main Event......Christmas was great for us. We stayed at home and had Christmas once again at our house. We started Christmas Eve off with a great church service and then headed back to the house for a soup dinner. My parents & Mike's bother John & his wife Jennifer were able to join us. We ate lots of good food and opened presents. Karlee was sooo excited to get a bike from Uncle John & Aunt Jennifer and MOMMY was soooo excited to get a Wii from Grandma & Grandpa!! We cleaned up, got ready for the next morning and got to bed very late!!
Christmas Morning.....We got up about 8 to get the turkey and stuff started for Christmas dinner but Karlee was sooo tired from the late night that she slept till after 10:00. She was soo excited when she got upstairs and saw her Mickey Mouse Clubhouse tent and that Papa was inside. After she decided to join him, she noticed there was a doll house in the tent as well and it was all over from there. She loved it and hasn't stopped playing with it. Way to go Santa!!! Thanks for bringing such a great toy....now Mommy has time to play Wii while Karlee plays doll house. After we finished opening gifts, Mike's brothers and families joined us for a yummy meal and then the exhaustion set in. We all took naps, got our second wind and headed out to end the night looking at Christmas lights.
We hope that all of you had a very Blessed & Merry Christmas!!
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WONDERFUL PICS!!!!
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Sounds like lots of fun and I love the photos! The picture of Grandpa and Karlee in the tent is SO darn cute! :0)
It was a lot of fun. I am so glad that we were able to share Thanksgiving and Christmas with you guys. The only thing that would have been better, was if Kodi and Taylor had been with us too, so the family could have been complete. Mom
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