Christmas Eve '24

 We had a very special start to Christmas while attending the Christmas Eve service at church.

We were thankful that our whole family was there, including my parents.

While we did not get a huge picture of everyone, we did snag one with them.

We all sat together, and the cousins were very happy to have Josiah there as well!

A very sweet time of worship.

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Then it was off to dinner at my in-laws' house to celebrate some more.

Excited about spaghetti...

They got jokes!

There was even some gluten free kind for Beach and me.

Silly kiddos.

We had the most adorable money wreath that Glenn made us!

Then exchanging other gifts!

Special ornaments.

Decorating cookies...

Zoe fell asleep before we left for the night ,and didn't even wake up when we were teasing her.

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Once home we opened one gift from a sweet friend.

Smiles all around.

It was a very special Christmas Eve celebrating with the ones we loved the most!

We finished up the last minute Christmas prep for the big day and went to bed with full hearts.

Novembering '24

Many in our family continued to fight off different types of germs this month.  There were some happy memories thrown in there as well...

We had a belated celebration for Lydia's birthday.

Cards....

And a special treat.

Josiah attempted to wear my shoes.

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When Ezra gets to sit on his grandpa's motorcycle.

Living his best life!

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Ezra ran a 5K race with his Run Hard team. 

Beach was a great sport and was his "running buddy" for the race.

He did amazing!

My Cheerleader buddy. We are so proud for our little guy.

He ran the race under 24 minutes and finished 6th place out of all the 5th graders.

I hope he does it again in the spring.

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Selfies found on my phone, November edition....

Including requested selfies.

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When your sister styles your hair....

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You never know what these girls will be up to.

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Another fabulous Friendsgiving (and the only pic I took).

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We decorated the cafe for Christmas.

Thankfully we had the grand Lovelands to help us with their skills!

We were glad to have Shiloh's help as well.

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Fun times at the park with friends...and the only pic I thought to take while we were leaving.

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The grands watched the kids for the night and the boys hung out...

while the girls went to a pageant at their school.

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Silly sister twins.

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Sweet movie snuggles.

While I catch up on some work.

We also had a great Thanksgiving celebrations as well!

Always love the fall season and this year was no different (minus all the sickness).