LOVE THEM. Live in the present. Remember grace abounds. Feed them real food. Let them see you struggle. PRAY LOTS. don't be afraid to let them fail. Ask for forgiveness. BE STILL. LOVE THEM.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Twas all the stuff before Christmas Eve

Before I get to actual Christmas day post, here is a little of what we did before.

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Mimi and Dunka got the boys this trampoline for Christmas and Daddy was finally home to put it together.  The boys love it of course! It is smaller version than your typical which is what I wanted for our yard.  We do not have a lot of flat area so this works great.  We decided to put it on the porch to be white trash! No really, we put it on the porch for now since in the winter we do not entertain on the porch.  It has also been perfect for rainy days because they can still jump.  Thank you SO much Mimi and Dunka.

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After coming home from Maryland I got myself in gear and baked.  Along with finishing shopping and wrapping. I had to wait for Brad to be home to watch the boys to just get it all done.

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Andrew Doodle enjoyed our cookies and he did his own pre Christmas planning.

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Coloring Snowmen session.  This is what happens when your children get completely bored out of there mind. They color together.

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Sunday we headed out to church for the Christmas service.  The music was beautiful but it always saddens me when I am at the Christmas church service and am pretending it is a Christmas concert or the Nutcracker play.  Things I would love to start doing again for the holidays. Here is Easton in his church attire.  Brad told me “he was crying on the inside” when he looked at his clothes.  That's it.  Next year Brad is definitely getting an ugly Christmas sweater.

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Gavin serenaded us to and from Church.  Gavin I would like for you to always know that Mommy thinks you are excellent.  I told Daddy that when you hit the right notes together I feel like I could be in a black and white movie in Paris.  Not too shabby for just starting.

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We came home to snap some pictures since this would be the only time the boys would be in decent clothes.  You can tell I am a mom of three boys.  I jump at pictures any time the boys are dressed nice.

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Later that night we stopped by Mike and Liz’s house to exchange gifts.  What is up with that?  No pictures from the two that take so many pictures.  From there we headed to the Zach, Megan and Wyatts house for a team Christmas gathering or whatever you would call it.  They just got back from Costa Rica and were trying to get in the fa la la la spirit.  The boys were crazy with there favorite Becky “Ducky”!

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Twas the night before the night before Christmas.  The boys loved this that Andrew did.  I think it was there favorite so far.

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