Christmas... finally!

It has taken me til now to put the few pictures on here from Christmas, but we had a great Christmas! The kids loved being with family and getting presents of course. I was surprised by how excited Brooklyn got about giving presents this year too. She could not wait for us to open the presents that she picked out at Santa's Workshop at school. Miles went crazy for the candy, but we tried to tone it down a bit this year with that. He loved his cars too, and he got plenty of those. Riley and Brooklyn each got a Barbie and a Baby doll. My favorite gift that they got was a clip on light for their bed. They each have one, and now when we put them to bed they can stay in bed to read books and then they are really good about turning them off when they're ready to fall asleep. Now they don't ask to read in the hallway at bedtime. The whole Season was just a lot of fun. Thank you to everyone for all you give to us and for all you do for us. We are incredibly grateful for the friends and family that we have in our lives!

This is the Advent Calendar that took us over a year to make. We went through several revisions. Finally it turned out just how we wanted, and the girls loved hanging up an ornament each day. Riley was modeling it for me.

Miles opening his stocking.

Brooklyn and Riley with their stockings.

My 3 kiddos

7 YEARS!

In honor of our Wedding Anniversary this month (January 25th), I thought I should post a picture from our Big Day! I can't believe we've been married for 7 years! Time flies. We've had so many ups and downs, but I am so grateful for all of it because Justin and I are stronger people, and a stronger couple now because of all of it. Justin is such a wonderful, loving man who adores his children and does everything he can to make me happy. All he wants is for our family to be happy, and I would say he has succeeded! I'm excited for what the future has in store for us. Especially the near future... because at the end of the month, Justin and I are taking a trip to the Alderbrook Resort and Spa, thanks to Mark and Mary! It'll be fun to have a night away. We can't wait to go hiking and swimming and have a chance to SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT! No kids to wake us up! :) It'll just be fun to spend time with my best friend.

http://alderbrookresort.com/

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