We began our Christmas celebrations with my mom's side of the family at Grammy's house in the middle of December.
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| Brielle with cousin Luke |
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| The great-grandkids (minus 2) |
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| Tried to get one with Grammy but Mr. Miles was done by then. ;) |
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| Love from Grammy & missing our Gramps |
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| Best Buddies- Brielle & Hadlee |
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| The kids emptied their stockings. |
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| And then this happened...she was introduced to PixyStix aka candy crack. |
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| It was instant love for her. ;) |
A few of their favorite gifts...
After church on Christmas Sunday, we celebrated with my dad's side of the family at Granny & Pa's. It is always chaotic. every year. and loud. but so fun!
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| My sweet little girlies at church. ♥♥♥ |
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| With cousins Sydney & Addison |
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| Me & my mini. She has a heart of gold. |
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| Braylee had the honor of reading Luke 2 this year before dinner. |
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| Devotional with Pa before we ate. My Pa will be 82 in a couple of months. I remember when his hair was gray and he told me he wished it was a shiny white instead. I would say he got his wish. ;) |
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| Excited about opening gifts- with Hadlee & Calvin |
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| Giving a thank you hug to Granny |
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| Out take as we prepared for the group photo. ;) |
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| And more babies on the way!! |
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| grandkids with Granny & Pa |
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| Great grandkids |
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| Miles- trying to avoid all of the craziness |
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| Papaw always lets the kids sneak snacks! |
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| My Pa- photo by Braylee |
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| Miles & Brielle (in her new outfit from Granny) |
The next celebration was at my mom & dad's house on Christmas Eve.
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| My brother's kids in the back, Tracee's twins with Braylee, and Trista's little boy on Mamaw's lap. |
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| Our whole family, including my grandparents and dad's brother |
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| Brynna (woke up with a stye in her left eye) & Papaw |
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| True sister moment--- Brielle is swatting at Brynna |
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| Not so sure about all of the attention |
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| Miles taking pictures. ;) More Pixystix for Brielle! |
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| She was so happy, she just about knocked Mamaw over with her hug! |
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| Miles was mimicking Granny. :) |
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| Tracee & Nick |
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| Heather & Travis |
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| She just gets so excited! (and her poor eye was almost swollen shut) |
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| Flynn Rider and Rapunzel dolls from Aunt Heather. I have found them in her bed on several mornings. ;) |
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| A bit of quiet in all the noise |
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| Headed to church after a special day at Mamaw & Papaw's house |
After church, it was getting pretty late and the girls were a bit slap happy. It was close to midnight by the time they went to sleep!
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| Special snuggles with Brynna because her eye was bothering her. |
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| This little girl must have had too many pixystix! |
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| *pink bow courtesy of Brynna of course. She also was certain Santa preferred chocolate milk. |
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| Santa came! |
Christmas at our house... we waited for the grandparents to come for brunch and then opened gifts.
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| New leg warmers for dance class |
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| Pure joy- paintbrushes for our little artist. When I asked her what she was doing during indoor recess at school last week, she said, "Oh, just sketching." ;) |
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| Just a bit excited about her Sofia the First set |
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| Double-fisted "yes!" She had specifically asked for one with "the sister in the yellow dress." |
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| At the top of Braylee's wish list this year was a new Bible. She loves it! |
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| Brielle opened a box that had matching shirts for her and her little sister. |
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| Excited about her new Bible too! |
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| Carriage necklaces to hold their pearls from Disney World |
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| She said, "Let's get the tea party stuff!" |
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| New desks that are going in the bonus room |
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| That evening, we went to Mandi & Andre's for snacks and games. |
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| I look tired. We may have been up until 2:30 putting desks together the night before.... |
A few days after Christmas, we celebrated at Alex's parents' house. We were happy to have Uncle Adam & Aunt Tristen home, but unfortunately, Aunt Tristen was sick the whole time. :(
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| The 6 grandbabies. |
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| Uncle Andre' played O Come O Come Emmanuel...while Liam gives the snowman kisses. ;) |
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| My sweet niece Ella. |
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| Snuggles with Gramma |
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| "I get to open a present!!!" |
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| The girls absolutely LOVE this game from Aunt Mandi. |
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| You can't tell in this picture but she was really excited about this! She often asks to watch "that guy and the minions. That guy with the big nose." |
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| Lou put together a "family night" basket for us with a movie, Wii game, and snacks. I just loved my "little family" of drinks. ;) |
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| Braylee's favorite gift- a flicker |
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| Liam was eating chocolates when no one was looking. ;) |
We finished up our Christmas celebrations with Alex's mom's side of the family on New Year's Day. Their family is so big that we meet in our church's fellowship hall.
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| Some of the great-grandkids |
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| Getting ready for Dirty Santa. We also did something new this year. We pulled a question out to answer--- a favorite scripture, a way that God had shown His love to you this year, favorite childhood memory, etc. |
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| Brielle took my camera and was taking lots of pictures. She even has a toe pop when she's on the other side of the camera! She was telling us how to pose. So funny! |
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| But then she caught these really cute ones of Uncle Andre' and Ella! |
We are so very blessed with close-knit and loving families. Thankful for another year with all of them.
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