Love all over the Land: The here and there's of Novemember

There has been some cute baby holding going on with the new cousin. Zoe is so tender and as soon as Shiloh sees Lydia, she is all over her. She excitedly wants to repeatedly kiss her head. I just have to be careful, as I know her love can get intense. Just borderline obsessive :-)

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We go to the chiropractor a lot. We started Maximized Living over a couple of years ago and have gone at least a couple of times a week since. The girls are very familiar with the routine and have been pretending to adjust each other every day lately.

It is funny how they go through each of the positions and then switch and repeat several times. This is not something I even knew existed at their age! (Not sure why Zoe is making this face in this picture!)

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Random warm days I try to take advantage of. After a good walk Zoe looked at me, asked me why I was all sweaty and declared that I looked like a hot dog....not sure where that one came from!

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Dress up has, also, been much fun around these parts recently.

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Beach was asked to speak as an alumni this month at an event at CIU. He did amazing! It blows my mind that he doesn't really get nervous (esp. when speaking to over 100 people)....I think I get nervous enough for the both of us! He has such a natural ability for sharing and I learn new things from him each time!

We also served up some coffee afterwards.

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Yes! Made it to the swap again!

And came home with many goodies!
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One of Beach's customers gave us a gift card to a local restaurant as a way of saying thank you for fixing her flat tire. It was unexpected and a blessing. We aren't able to go out very often, mainly because of the cost. So it was fun to try it out as a family. The last time Beach and I took the girls out was almost a year ago and things have changed since then! It actually went well and, although it was not a healthy meal, as I would have liked, it was a success! They were not crazy and sat in their seats. Beach and I both did not have our phones with us so we have no pictures to capture the occasion. It was a lot of fun, especially coming home and there wasn't a kitchen that had to be cleaned. I feel like that we spend so much time preparing food and cleaning up! It takes up pretty much the whole evening every night.

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Vista Lights has always been something that we have looked forward to going to in the past. This year, however, we weren't able to enjoy the festivities in quite the same way as Beach was serving up Loveland Coffee at ByFarr.

They even had some cupcakes made from Loveland concentrate.

I took the girls later and they decorated Christmas cards and attempted to eat as many mini cupcakes as they could. I had to intercept several times. My parents came as well and we walked down to see what other festivities were going on.

It was toward the end of the event, but I'm so glad that we got to see the upcoming Nutcracker performers. Zoe was in awe of the "princess". We got some pictures and then she just wanted to watch other people get their picture taken, so she could watch her.

Upon a break in the crowd Zoe had her chance to talk to her, letting her know that she, also, had a tutu and telling her all about it. IN AWE!

They also had music playing and a big stage set up, which of course meant many children dancing. I'm sure there were performances we missed but we still had fun.