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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Christmas Eve

I can’t believe it’s already Christmas Eve….December went by so fast.

We started the day with the children’s pageant at church. No photography allowed this year!!! Boo hoo! I did snap this pic of the beautiful and smart wise woman as she was getting dressed.

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Char-Grill for lunch on the way home from church and then just chilling around the house for the rest of the day. I did run out to Hallmark and Kohl’s, just to get out and watch the craziness.

For dinner we dined in the dining room with the fancy stuff!  And yes I know we were drinking iced beverages out of wine glasses. Sue me! I didn’t feel like climbing back up into a chair and moving stuff to get to the right glasses!

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Traditional Christmas Eve gift to the both of them.

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Getting ready for the big guy!

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Avery makes sure the lawn gets a good dusting of reindeer food (oatmeal and glitter). We had a sparkly lawn for days!

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And the stockings were hung by the chimney with care….

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And now the wait for the little ones to fall asleep. It took HOURS. Seriously!

Monday, December 29, 2014

Last Minute Prep

The days leading up to Christmas were full of last minute prep for the big day.

Avery woke up in a panic one morning that even though we had seen Santa, she hadn’t sent him her list. So off to the mall we went.

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We also had more holiday baking to do!

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And then all the final decorating. I love my 3 trees!

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I think we’re ready!

Christmas at the Coast

The weekend before Christmas we celebrated with NaNa, Uncle Matt and Aunt Cecily. Even Tyler D. Elf made the trip!

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Last year we decorated our gingerbread houses in Beaufort and we continued that tradition this year. However, this year we were better prepared with our decorating supplies, as in we didn’t have to resort to Elmer’s Glue and old lemon verbena!!

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Avery ate a lot of the supplies!

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The finished products. We are definitely getting better!

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Time for more holiday fun!  Uncle Matt snuggles with his 2 little buds.

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Time for gifts!

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Lindy and Stella gave Baby Walter one of our all time favorite books!

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Sunny got a beautiful Christmas dress.

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Merry Christmas from Beaufort!

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