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It all started with the yummy pancake breakfast and leisurely morning I mentioned in my December 23 post. Then Jim got a call into work and left about 10 AM. The kids and I did some house chores and enjoyed laying low. He called around 1 PM to say that he had no idea whenContinue reading “Christmas Eve”

December 23 we went to my parents’ house to exchange gifts and see my grandma and my cousin who was visiting from out of town. The kids were so excited for their first gift opening of the season. JT’s special gift was a Craftsman tool box full of real tools. And I mean FULL. HeContinue reading “December 23”

It all started with an idea for a fabric Advent calendar that I could reuse every year. Twenty dollars in fabric and thirty hours later, I was done. (Ugh!) I hand cut and hand stitched every number, hand stitched on every pocket, and hand stitched the quilt border. But it’s done and I like it!IContinue reading “Advent”

Today we woke up to snow! Which was great, because it was my first day off for winter break and we were all healthy with zero plans… a wonderful start to the vacation. We had also made paper snowflakes on Sunday and had watched flurries all weekend. The kids were so excited! I posted thisContinue reading “Snow Day”

We hosted a birthday breakfast for Jim’s dad last weekend. The kids were super excited to see their cousin Travis again. They both want to hold him and cuddle him and basically smother him while he’s here. But he’s also growing up and able to do some things… like lay on his tummy and lookContinue reading “Birthday Breakfast”

…well, you know the rest. Okay, so I wasn’t going to decorate until December 1st, but then I took a look at the weekend’s schedule and decided I’d better go for it. Haley spent ten minutes playing with garland and then proclaimed she was “all done with Christmas.” But JT helped out and was aContinue reading “It’s beginning to look a lot like…”

Lots of people have been posting things they’re thankful for every day on Facebook. It’s nice, but… I try to be thankful every day, for the not-so-great things too, and I just don’t need to tell everyone about it. (I feel this way about lots of holidays: Veteran’s Day? Thank one in person, don’t postContinue reading “Thanksgiving”

The weather feels, well, a little Novemberish.We have moved our activities to mostly inside, and we miss the outdoors. But we’ve found some ways to stay busy. For instance, JT is becoming an actual help in the kitchen. He is suddenly proficient in things that really do save me time, instead of causing more workContinue reading “Novemberish”

I’m not sure what happened, but I missed posting some October pictures from my dad’s birthday. We came, we ate, we celebrated!

Jim has a new schedule at work, and for the first time in four years he was off and home on a Saturday. It was very exciting. We went to workout as a family (first time in 11 months) and came home to watch football. Our friends the Bonnells came over for the big Alabama-LSUContinue reading “Saturday Football”