Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…

{ December 30, 2008 @ 5:18 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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Do Laundry – check

Clean bathrooms – check

Make bread/babyfood – check

Vacuum – check

Dust – ugh, still to do

 

A new week, with a new to-do list, new toys to put away, babies with new attitudes and new training opportunities… funny, it doesn’t sound so overwhelming when I say it that way… :) Yes, there is alot to do, but with God’s strength, we can do it all. I’ve never been one for new year resolutions, but with the new year coming up God is very faithful to remind me that His mercies are fresh and new EVERY morning – I’m so grateful for the hope we have in our Savior!

We did have a WONDERFUL Christmas, though… we had a blast with our families and cannot believe all the amazing loot we got :) Sophie and Thomas did so well with all the craziness and it honestly could not have gone any better. But it was over WAY too soon and we’re already looking forward to next year :)

Merry Christmas!

{ December 19, 2008 @ 10:57 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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We are so ready for Christmas around here! Each day, I tell Sophie that Christmas is only a few days away and she says “Yes!” in an excited whisper… not that she really knows what it is, but her reaction to our excitement is really cute. But yes, we’re ready! I’m going to the store tomorrow to get the last couple things we need and food items for our Christmas Celebrations with our families, but other than that, all our presents are wrapped – we have two more on their way and due to arrive this weekend, after that – we’re DONE! I’ve never been finished EVERYTHING this early, but since our celebrations start on Tuesday the 23rd at Christopher and Praise’s house, it’s coming up really fast!

Other than that we’re keeping busy… the kids are crazy. Thomas is starting to scoot already! He grabs the carpet with his pudgy little hands, gets his knees underneath him and pulls… it’s so cute. He can’t go fast at all, but if he sees something he wants, he’ll slowly scoot across to get it. Which, of course, means Sophie has already started with the “No, Bubby” ’s… poor kid, he’s gonna be hearing that for the rest of his life!

While we’re eagerly anticipating celebrating the birth of our Savior with our family next week, we hope  that you (anyone who’s reading this, that is) and your family are also enjoying this season that God has blessed us with!

 

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Cookies and Climbing at Grammy’s house

{ December 11, 2008 @ 4:48 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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Last weekend Chris was off so we took a little trip to visit my mom and the boys! We didn’t have anything to do, so we spent time relaxing, baking cookies, watching Miracle on 34th Street, climbing trees outside and playing games of Catan. We had so much fun! I loved getting some of my Christmas baking out of the way and this year, Sophie was old enough to “help”… she unwrapped the hershey kisses for the “peanut blossoms” and helped cut out the sugar cookies and would say “oh, preeeeeeeetty” when they were all decorated. I can’t believe how big she is getting!

A week of Celebrations

{ November 29, 2008 @ 8:22 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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What a fun week! It all started with Chris’ 25th birthday on Monday the 24th. God really blessed our day together – we let Daddy sleep in and woke him up with cinnamon rolls, coffee, cards (Sophie drew Daddy a birthday card ALL by herself) and presents. Then we spent the morning at home baking, making juice and playing, then we went out and let Sophie and Thomas pick out their new Christmas ornaments; surprisingly, Thomas was very opinionated and picked out a cute, pudgy little snowman – very appropriate! We ended the night with our first family movie night; we put Thomas to bed (he’s a little too young for movie night), ate dinner on a blanket on the floor and watched Wall-E. Sophie did really well and love the movie… well, about half of it. She lost interest after that :) It was so fun.

Then, on Tuesday, with the help of Chris’ parents and my mom, we pulled off a surprise party “Things from 1983″ party for Chris! He was TOTALLY surprised and we had so much fun eating, talking and singing karaoke with our friends. 

Next, it was Thanksgiving! The kids actually let us sleep in until 8:30! Something to be VERY thankful for :) We spent the morning watching the parade, making muffins and apple pie and getting ready to visit with our families. It was a busy, tiring day, but so good. And if that wasn’t enough, Friday morning Chris and I got up and went out shopping at 5:30 a.m.! We left the kids with my mom (we spent the night there with Mandy and Jason) and got a few hours of shopping in and got some REALLY good deals. We visited at Mom’s for the rest of the day and then came back over to Orlando and went out and got our Christmas tree with Chris’ folks. Whew! I’m tired just typing all that… today is a lazy Saturday, stay in our jammies and watch Christmas movies kind of day. And tonight we’re decorating the tree! Oh, I love this Thanksgiving, Christmas season and am so looking forward to spending some intentional time with Sophie doing crafts and teaching her about Jesus’ Birthday!