Wow. I'm behind. We'll here's my post from two weeks ago...
Christmas Eve was beautiful. We got to share it with my sister's family at their home. That, alone, was awesome! The meal was incredible and very traditional: ham, twice baked potatoes, orange rolls, pecan yams, and a pineapple glaze for the ham, plus an awesome fruit salad with incredible pineapple dip. My pies also turned out amazing--frozen peppermint cheesecake and decadent peanut butter fudge pie. Yum!
Their neighbor dropped off this gift to them. It is gelatin and then he squeezes in frosting to create the flower. The only catch is that he can't see what he is doing because it is upside down in a bowl (that is not clear) while he does it. It's amazing! Not really for eating, though...
Christmas day was SO fun! As I've mentioned before, Kerri's kids are all the exact same ages as my girls. So the babies are 5 days apart, the 3 year olds are 5 weeks apart, and the 4 year olds are 4 weeks apart.
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| Waiting to go downstairs, youngest to oldest |
The girls were very excited and we had a great time giving our gifts to each other. Since money isn't our friend this year, we had a great time putting together a Christmas that consisted mainly of yard sale items, homemade gifts, and free things we were given. The end result was so great!
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| Avery opening her stocking |
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| Taryn and Avery under the tree |
Keara made her sisters these adorable stuffed animals. I especially love the teddy bear. She was SO excited to give them!
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| Avery opening her bunny. Don't you love that look on Keara's face? |
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| Taryn opening her bear. |
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| Big hugs. These are the moments that make time stand still. |
I also had to laugh when I realized that most of the gifts we were given from others, as well as some from each other, were blasts from the past.
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| Tinker Toys |
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| Light Brite |
For whatever reason, my picture of the bristle blocks won't work. But we also had those.
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| Monchichi doll |
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| Lollipops |
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| Who doesn't love the empty boxes after all the presents have been opened? |
We came home on the 26th, which was a bit of a bummer. But the girls sure loved returning to their toys.
2 comments:
I love the Monchichie Doll.
Cheri, thanks for your sweet comment on my blog. I had the exact same feeling about one of my sons. He has had some health issues too, and everytime he gets sick I worry that he will leave me. All we can do is love them right now and live in a way that we can be worthy of living with them again someday.
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