January 4, 2015

Christmas 2014

Tonight I’m going through our photos from Christmas.  It’s been wonderful the last two weeks at home with my boys.  We’ve cooked, baked, cleaned, decorated, shopped, wrapped, unwrapped, partied, eaten, watched movies, played games, visited loved ones, and I didn’t want it to end. 

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Oh and there was this little gingerbread house that I absolutely adored made by some precious boys.  It even became our centerpiece this year.

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And then it was Christmas Eve, time for the big guy!

Santa came….

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We had quite a bit of rain during our break this year.  Those cloudy days didn’t make picture taking an easy task.  I wish we had had more natural light Christmas morning for these pictures but at least they capture these sweet moments.

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We have a mid day meal with our family on Christmas…

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We have a Christmas tradition with these crackers…

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Reid wasn’t a huge fan of the paper crown. Haha!

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Love that this sweet boy held up little brother’s shirt.

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Rico’s mom or “Pumpkin”, as my boys call her, came to visit toward the end of the week.  It was wonderful getting to see her and spend some time together.

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She brought with her some gifts that my father in-law had picked out before he passed.  This fire truck was simply amazing for my truck loving boy!

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Spencer man shares the same passion for the U as Papa Charlie did and Daddy does!

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Briggs got a cool lava lamp!  Pumpkin said Briggs just seemed like he would like a lava lamp and boy was she right! And Reid was cracking me up with how he was snuggling with his new blanket!

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We have had such a wonderful break!  Hope you and your family had a very Merry Christmas!IMG_9521_1