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Christmas Eve

December 29, 2014

Welcome back! Another Christmas come and gone…but it sure was a good one. We got to see tons of family and make some memories in our new house. I really don’t think anything could have gone better!  Most of the decorations are already down and my empty house is looking even more empty without all the Santas sitting around. A little sad, but we’ve got lots to look forward to in the weeks ahead!  But first we’ve got to recap Christmas!

The buildup to the big day was fun all on its own. Christmas Eve we spent getting ready for Santa and hanging out with family.  We went to the 12:00 “family friendly” nativity service up at church.  The boys sure did look sweet all dressed up for church!

christmas eve

I love going to that service because the kids can come with us and they sing all the classic Christmas songs you know while telling the story of the nativity.  Both boys acted great – Maxwell was a star and Spencer got an A thanks largely to about 6 graham crackers!  🙂

christmas eve

I spent the afternoon cooking away for Christmas and was glad to have my helper to taste test everything…well, the desserts anyway!

christmas eve

That night, my family came over for some Feliz Navidad tacos and then we set out cookies, milk and reindeer food…

xmas eve

xmas eve

xmas eve

and then we all settled in for a long winter’s nap….

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Birthday!

December 6, 2014

A special Saturday post for a very special day!  Daddo’s birthday!!!

daddo

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday, dear Daddo!

Happy Birthday to you!

We can’t wait to see you next week and give you a big hug!

daddo

Hope it’s a GREAT birthday!  We love you!

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Thanksgiving in the Gump

December 1, 2014

Happy Monday! Hope everyone is feeling great (and not too stuffed!) after a long holiday weekend. We thoroughly enjoyed our holiday and had a great Thanksgiving day down in Montgomery. Jenny nicely offered to host and cooked up a big feast but I did take the desserts.  I made a pumpkin pie (which I love but Robert thinks is nothing short of a waste of a pie) and a pecan pie.  Both were really good (if I do say so myself!) thanks in part to my kitchen helper…

pie crust

For my memory, I branched out from my mom’s tried and true shortening pie crust recipe and went with an all butter crust from Smitten Kitchen.  Turned out great!

That morning, I actually got to pick out Maxwell’s clothes and had him looking cute and dressed just like Spencey!

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Thanksgiving twinkies!  🙂

We got down to Montgomery around noon and Ronnie had ordered this cardboard rocket ship for the kids to color all day – total genius move.

rocket ship

The boys especially loved it! We had a fun day all around watching Ronnie fry the turkey…

turkey fry

feeding the kids an early “feast” of their own…

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and then letting them have one of the turkey cookies I made along with the pies!  gobble gobble!

turkey cookies

It was a beautiful (albeit chilly!) day and the cousins had a blast running around outside on the golf course.

outside

outside

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In fact, we all enjoyed the sunshine that day!

tgiving

The meal was fantastic (thank you Jenny!)…

tigivng

and we enjoyed the outdoors just as much after the sun went down…especially with the fun(ny) head lamps and glow sticks for the kids!

head lamp

Let me tell you, you haven’t laughed until you’ve seen Spencer running around with a headlamp on!  ha!

Overall, it was a perfect day that made me realize how thankful I am for my entire extended family and definitely for this guy…

tgiving

and these little turkeys!

tgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Soccer game 4!

October 28, 2014

Ok, finally getting around to soccer game 4.  Considering soccer game 5 was over a week ago, I’m a little behind!  That’s ok though…it was a nice, cool afternoon and good day at the soccer field!

soccer game 4

Unfortunately, our team hasn’t been the most committed this year and we only had 4 players at the game that day. But, it worked fine to play a game of 3 on 3.

soccer game 4

Maxwell hit the ground running as he’s been doing all season…

soccer

soccer 4

soccer 4

He even got in there a time or two and played some good defense!

defense

I enjoyed this game a lot because I had a helper to wrangle Spencey!

soccer

Spencer was loving it!

soccer

Not sure I can say the same for a beat up, drooled on GJ!  🙂

spencer

I’m pretty sure she’d tell you she loved it though.

gj spencey

After a Coach Robert pep talk at halftime…

soccer

The team was geared up to take the game in the second half!  ha!

soccer

Some serious soccer players here…

soccer

But, they had fun and that’s all that counts…

soccer

Well, that and scoring 5 goals!  🙂

soccer 4

Way to go Maxwell!  High fives all around!

soccer

Go blue!

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Spencer’s birthday party

October 24, 2014

First, happy birthday to Amy today! Hope it’s a great one with your cute family!

Second, As I mentioned yesterday, we had a small little family lunch to celebrate Spencer’s birthday.  Even though our only guests were GJ, Daddo, Lulu and Grandaddy, I still had to make it look festive!

spb bday 2

Our birthday boy was a little bit cranky at the beginning…

spb bday 2

But, as they say, it was his party and…you know.

He cheered up though and we had a great time…

spb bday 2

spb bday

spb bday

spb bday

He got some awesome presents including a train engineer’s outfit and Thomas music book from Lulu, Paw Patrol toys from GJ, a monkey rain coat from Susu and a car ramp from me and Robert.

spb bday

train

Robert and GJ got to put the car ramp together with plenty of helpers!  🙂

spb bday

spb bday

spb bday

spb bday

Once it was all assembled, Spencer was a happy camper.

car ramp

car ramp

It was then time for lunch and cookie cake!  YUM! Spencey did a great job blowing out his candles!

spb bdaty

spb bday

It was a fun day for a special 2 year old!

spb bday 2

Happy Birthday Spencey!

Make it a great weekend!

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