Christmas 2014

I'll let this video speak for itself...

I hope everyone was as blessed as we are.  Merry Christmas and welcome 2015!

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Happy to be a Mama

I am so very thankful that I not only get to celebrate my mama on Mother's Day, but I got to be celebrated as well.  I had a wonderful Mother's day weekend!  

Friday evening we had Mexican with Nana & Papa.

Saturday, I ran 5.5 miles with my running buddy, did some chores and enjoyed a nice lunch at Jacob's grandparent's house.

Sunday, we went to church were I began crying in 0.2 seconds as the children brought out cards to all the mothers in the congregation and we had a heart-felt service.

Bella (4 yrs old) snapped this on the way home from church.

Jacob and I watched a movie while the girls took a nap.

Then we headed to Mimi & Pops for a fish fry & slip-n-slide!  

My sisters & I with our sweet, fun mama....celebrating her just one day seems so insignificant.  I am so very grateful for her EVERYDAY!

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Happy Easter 2014

I had a wonderful long weekend with my "little" family, as Bella refers to our immediate family.  Jacob and I were both off on Good Friday.  It was a rainy day, but that didn't stop us from having a wonderful day together.  We ate lunch at a new (to us) restaurant and introduced the girls to Chuck-E-Cheese.  Of course they had a ball!  I love watching their faces light up in excitement over the simplest things in life.  

Saturday was more of a normal chores and lazy day.  The girls played in the playroom or watched cartoons on the screen porch.  Saturday night, some close friends invited us to an Easter Egg Hunt at their church.  We took the girls that evening and they found LOTS of eggs and got LOTS of candy!  

Easter morning, we beat the girls up.  I had just made my cup of coffee and was about to put the cinnamon rolls in the oven when I heard them squeal with excitement as they saw the Easter eggs and baskets full of goodies.

After church, we went to Jacob's grandparents.  We visited, ate and hunted eggs.  Mamaw Crowe got the girls some butterfly wings...they LOVED them.  The girls each got a kite from church.  It was their very 1st kite...I must admit, it was mine too.  The girls enjoyed holding it as their little kite caught wind.

 Then we came home.  It was too pretty to go inside, so we played outside until almost dark with their new Easter goodies.  I laid a blanket on the grass and enjoyed their precious smiles and laughter.  

All in all, a wonderful Easter Day!

My thoughts on Easter dresses...I haven't ever bought them a special dress for Easter.  They have several pretty dresses and I prefer them to have a comfortable dress they they can play in (they both LOVE to be in dresses).  It wasn't until I was typing this post that I realized that Bella wore the dress that Lucy is wearing on Easter Sunday 2 years ago....dang, mom fail.  Guess it's obvious that I really like it.  Hey, don't put it past me to see Bella's dress she's wearing today to make a return in 2 years on the Resurrection Day.

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Christmas 2013

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.  We did at our house.  

This year Bella is 4 and Lucy is 2 and I can't imagine Christmas much better than this!

Happy Birthday, baby Jesus ~ our Savior, our King.

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Christmas Pasts

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas Eve.  I'm so excited to be spending the entire day with my family.  I am so very richly blessed.  Let us all remember to stop and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

Christmas 2011

Christmas 2012

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Christmas morning...a little early

Remember being a kid on Christmas morning?  Wasn't it THE BEST!!!  Family, gifts, comfie PJs, Christmas music/movies, the best breakfast of the year: breakfast casserole and monkey bread.

The Christmas mornings after I was married, but before kids, I remember being so disappointed on Christmas morning.   The magic wasn't there.  Jacob gets so excited when he gets me a gift, so he usually gives me my gift as soon as he gets it.  He's an eager giver.  Once we had kids, I am trying my best to recreate the magic of Christmas morning that I loved so much growing up.   Jacob and I made the decision that once we had kids that Christmas Day would be celebrated at our house.  The kids could stay in their PJs all day and play with their new toys.  Any of our family could come over and hang out, but it would be relaxed and comfortable.  So the past 3 years, we have done just that.  However I miss spending Christmas Day with my sisters & Rylee, she too wanted to let Rylee spend Christmas morning the same way.

This year we found a solution.  We recreated Christmas morning at "home" the weekend before Christmas. On Friday night, my sisters, my girls, and niece spent the night at mama & daddy's house. The guys came over 8:30-9 that morning.  We opened gifts, making that glorious, magic, mess in the living room floor.  Watching the girls light up.  Then we enjoyed breakfast casserole & monkey bread as we all talked & laughed.  It was as close to perfect as you can get!  I hope that we continue to recreate Christmas morning.

The 3 dark green stockings are ones that mama hand made us 20+ years ago.  They are made of felt and each are different. Out of all the adorable stockings sold in stores, I think mine is pretty perfect because it was made out of love by my mama.  

Snuggles with my Bell

Us adults were tired & ready for bed as the kids were wide awake at 10:00pm

cute Jacob.....REAL cute.

Cool aunt KK got them this huge doll house to play when they go to Mimi & Pops

Directions...ugh.

Lovely Lucy

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