Robert – Page 71

Christmas Eve

January 5, 2017

Like last year, Christmas Eve was unseasonably warm. Not very festive but it did make dressing for church easier not having to worry about coats!

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We went to the 12:00 family service. The boys did great…Samantha did ok. I took her out to the parlor for much of the service but she enjoyed being there and I enjoyed getting to dress her up and show her off! 🙂 She was looking pretty cute in my old dress!

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And the boys had on their holiday red and white, of course! (and I cannot get enough of Spencer’s sweet face in this picture!! 😍)

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I sure do love this crew!!

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We got a family pic at church but the sun caused some squinting and funny faces so this is the best we got!

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We didn’t do much that night but Maxwell did write a goodbye note to Gingerbread Elf!

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After dinner we put out our cookies…

Posed for a picture…

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Gave each other Christmas Eve hugs…

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and got SO EXCITED WE COULD HARDLY STAND IT!!

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It was then off to bed to let the visions of sugarplums dance in our head!

Outtakes

December 28, 2016

You wouldn’t know it by looking our card but I did actually pay a photographer to take pictures of us this year! They didn’t turn out so well to say the least, hence the card using pictures I took. I was optimistic and actually snapped this super cute mirror selfie of us before we left!

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But, we just had bad luck with the photog that morning, mainly because it was freezing. FREEZING! My kids were not having it…especially poor Maxwell who has zero body fat to keep him warm! ha! Here are the best of the bunch (which isn’t saying much!)

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Please look at Spencer and Samantha in this picture – blue eyed twinkies!

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This pretty much sums it up – Baby is miserable, Spencer is looking everywhere except at the camera, and Maxwell has a (literal!) frozen smile on his face! Ha! Merry merry!

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I think I’m sticking to the pictures I take myself next year!

Tis the season

December 20, 2016

Holiday happenings around here….

Maxwell had his Christmas program at school last week on Wednesday and Thursday. Sadly, I had to go to San Francisco for work and had to miss it. But, I was able to go to the dress rehearsal on Tuesday and had a front row seat!

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Maxwell did great. He stood perfectly still and sang his songs just like he was supposed to. No surprise there!

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Thankfully Robert was Super Dad while I was gone and got to the school early to get a good seat for the main event…

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He also went to Maxwell’s class Christmas party and took all 3 kids to basketball practice! A HUGE thanks to him and, of course, Mrs. Susan for keeping things running smoothly while I was gone.

Other holiday fun…

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christmas dress

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xmas art

reindeer

xmas pat pat

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Holly Jolly!!

ps – your Christmas joke for the year, courtesy of Spencer…

What type of sandwich does Santa like? Peanut butter and Jolly!! hahahahaha!

More Mountains

December 1, 2016

We stayed up in Highlands through the weekend as there was plenty of fun to be had. On Friday we met up with our friends and explored town a bit…

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and then, while I let the baby nap on me, Robert took the boys to a gingerbread house workshop where they decorated quite the masterpiece!

gingerbread house

Saturday brought a healthy breakfast…

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and then another hike to work off that healthy breakfast!

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After carrying baby on my hip on the last hike, I knew we needed a better solution for her. I still had my infant carrier in the car so, despite the fact that it has a 25 lb weight limit and is made to carry your baby in the front, I strapped my 30 lb baby onto my back and made it work!

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It was totally worth it to get this view at the top!

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After everyone was good and tired, we had plenty of football to watch that afternoon! Roll Tide Roll! We were supposed to go into town that night to watch the tree lighting and see Santa, but the crew decided to just stay at home and eat some ice cream instead. We packed up Sunday morning and headed back to Birmingham to get ready for Christmas!

It was a fantastic Thanksgiving trip and we can’t thank Lulu and Granddaddy enough for their hospitality! Let’s do it again next year!

Thanksgiving

November 30, 2016

As I mentioned yesterday, we went up to Highlands, NC for Thanksgiving with Robert’s side of the family and had a great time. The kids got to hang out with some of their cousins, we all got to go on some hikes, and everyone ate plenty of good food!

Ready for the drive trip up on Wednesday!

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