Holiday Happenings

I'll be signing out until after Christmas.  I hope you have a beautiful holiday with the ones you love.  Here are holiday happenings so far...

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EB was not a fan of Santa and said Heck no to sitting on his lap, but little MB had a great first visit!

Our family presented an Advent reading at church a few weeks back...

Christmas Party AND pajama day at school.

I took the lead on teacher gifts from our class this year.  They turned out great!

Christmas Program look...she did not sing a word this year!

We had a special holiday night out, starting with drinks at Hotel Bennett.

Followed by dinner at Halls.

We introduced the girls to Waffle House last weekend.  We left a generous tip to pay forward the blessings of the season. 

Aquarium Holiday Extravaganza with Cindy Lou Who.

 Shrinkydink ornaments for Daddy's Bday!

 EB lives for birthday cake:

That's a wrap.  Gotta run!

xLaura

2019 Christmas Cards

Our holiday cards are arriving in mailboxes today and I wanted to share them here. 

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

2019 Holiday Home

My decorations haven't changed much in years past...but I'll still share a few snaps from our Holiday Home!

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I found Frosty on the side of the road yesterday and was thrilled to take him home and clean him up!  He has a large hole in the backside but he's still a great addition to our yard.  

Little bows on the light fixture are new this year:

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The tree selection was weak, but we managed to find one we liked after a few stops.

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One last thing...K and I were discussing last night the idea of buying the girls a Christmas Village piece each year of their childhood so, when they leave the house, they will have their own set!  We'll record the year on the bottom. 

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If you want to see more of the decorations, check out previous posts:

2016

2017

2018

Friday Highfive

Our first December Friday!

Thanksgiving falling later in November this year has really thrown off my December- hit the ground running- plans.  We are getting our tree tomorrow so I hope to share some snaps from around the house next week.  For now, here's a highfive for make it through the post-holiday week.

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Someone stole our trash can!  And it's a lot of hoops to jump through to get a new one, let me tell ya.  I sent this pic to K saying Merry Christmas!  The gift that keeps on giving...

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Our laundry snow-balled out of control last week so it feels like it's all I've been doing.  It's a good thing MB is entertained watching me fold. 

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School Pictures came back this week.  I'm in love!

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This scares me. 

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I really liked this doc on Ralph Lauren...I didn't know anything about him and it was a fun watch.

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Have a great weekend!

xLaura

Thanksgiving Break 2019

Thanksgiving Break means a week off with my big girl!  We were busy- it was fun and stressful all the same...such is life!

This is a tradition we started last year: Thanksgiving Eve "Nature Walk"...where we find natural decorations for the tablescape.

We truly had a fantastic Thanksgiving this year.  It will go down as one of my favorites ever, I'm sure.

I surprised K with tickets to see the Redskins in Charlotte on Sunday.  They are his favorite NFL team and, though their season hasn't been great, they won!

 

I'm exhausted!  

Taking a few days off before Christmas decorations and festive fun begin! 

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday,

xLaura