Put up Sunday, December 19th:).  Isn’t Dillon so sweet to do it for the kids, in the cold and dark ? He’s been so busy and we just got the lights the week before, so this was his first chance all week!  The kiddos were so excited though!   Devon’s holding a little tiny flashlight…

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It was so cold outside that I didn’t make them stay out too long, but since I got a TON for our Christmas cards, these were fine:)!  

Santa #1 Carson:  snowboard Devon:  camera (yea!  That’s what he’s getting!)   Santa #2 Carson:  snowboard Devon:  robot (This Santa we saw right after the first one.  Dillon’s Dad got us tickets from the county to go see Polar Express.  The kids got their own little snack trays and everything—it was a good time.  Bailey…

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We have a few family traditions that are Christ-centered, and one of them is reading a story or two every night out of this awesome book my mom made for us a few years ago.  I love this book.  I love so many of the stories in it.  They completely portray the wonderful feelings of…

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So we just found out that wrestling started like a month ago. Since the boys have been looking forward to it since last year and “practicing” and everything, we still signed them up. Luckily, they do a spring season as well that the money we just paid covers.  Which means that even though they were…

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The best time of the year, yet the busiest.   I’m going to try and keep things more simple this year!  We’ll see if I succeed. To start out, here is a fun little picture Carson and Devon drew: In case you can’t read it, it’s the Grandma got ran over by a reindeer song.  The…

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Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We had a great time with the Hurst clan here.  It was packed, but turned out great, and thankfully the turkey was super yummy (phew!).    My mother-in-law and sister-in-law Amelia and I all went out all night shopping for Black Friday.  It was crazy but ended up…

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