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| I got Casey's stocking done this year (big sigh of relief). |
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| Bennett's (obviously) stocking |
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| Our "mantle" there's actually a fire place behind that wall, previous owners just plastered over it for some reason. We told Ben that it will magically appear again when Santa comes since we still have the chimney. |
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| Home made Belgian Waffles Christmas Eve morning and Jeff and I were good and didn't eat any. |
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| Candy canes and Angry Birds |
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| We watched a few of our favorite Christmas movies, Ralphy and Randy remind us of Bennett and Casey, especially now that Casey's hair is cut. |
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| Coming out into the living room Christmas morning. |
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| half awake |
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| Bennett's present from Santa. We told him he was too young for a remote control helicopter but I guess Santa thought differently. He wanted this so bad. |
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| Casey's present from Santa, a Cars race track. I love his sleepy face. |
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| The first presents opened from mom and dad. |
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| Casey has decided to potty train himself so Santa brought him training pants in his stocking. We are so proud of him! We really haven't done anything to encourage him to do it but he's decided it's time to be a big boy. |
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| Christmas at Nana's |
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| A couple of cuties with fake smiles. |
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| There's some real ones. |
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| Casey in his Toy Story Tent, he loves it! |
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| playing with bokeh |
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| Not a baby any more. Love those buns! |
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| Casey really looks like Bennett here. |
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| We had lots of fun with cousins |
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| The boys |
It truly was the most wonderful time of our year. We have been through so much this year, it's an understatement to say it was nice to celebrate Christmas with all that behind us this year. It was completely different than last Christmas. And we are even more excited to see what this New Year will hold for us. I saw a quote on Pinterest :
"Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be." Charles "Tremendous" Jones.
That's exactly what has happened to our family this past year. We are stronger than ever in our marriage and relationship with our kids and other family. We are constantly reminded of the importance of living your life to the fullest, making it known to those you care about how much you love them, being grateful for all the simple and small things, forgiving and not holding grudges because life is short and it's just not worth it. We had an eye opening experience that has allowed us to stand back and look at our life and reevaluate how we are living it. I'm happy to say we haven't made many changes.
Here are some snap shots of our Christmas this year:
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| Making Christmas crafts with Grandma. |
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| We said goodbye to Casey's "hippie hair". |
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| We had fun making our Christmas card photo, here's a few out takes. |
We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas we wish you all a healthy, happy New Year!!
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