A beautiful day for ice skating with cousins at The Avalon in Alpharetta! Lucca was a pro, Jackson made it around once :)
Pinkberry for an after skating treat..
And a nice fire to warm us up after ice skating and ice cream..
These two ❤️
Showing posts with label 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2014. Show all posts
Friday, January 2, 2015
December Daily 27
Three very special girls going on a very special date to a very special store with a very special Mimi!!!
#AmericanGirl
Thursday, January 1, 2015
December Daily 24
Christmas Eve: my favorite day of the year.
Lucca putting out the cookies for Santa
Papa talking to the grandchildren about the meaning of Christmas...
The wait is getting too hard for pouting Jackson...
The loot! Santa even found us in Georgia!
The calm before the Christmas morning storm
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
December 23
We have made it to Mimi & Papa's house! The kids are getting very excited and Jackson is learning that presents don't unwrap themselves, so when a present of his is unwrapped under the tree, he is caught. Three year olds are THEE best.
Magic is in the air! The last presents have been bought! Mema is here! Christmas 2014, let's do this!
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
December 21
Mimi set us up for an ambitious 1st day of Christmas vacation by sending us 50 feet up into the air to go on a rad ropes course and zip lining! The adults went on the treetop course for 1.5 hours while Mimi managed all 6 of our children on the kids course. We all had a blast, and despite Jackson's tears and fear of tight rope walking while strapped to a harness (at 3 yrs old) he ended up LOVING the zip lining and went three times!
Such a fun day! Thank you Mimi!
Monday, December 15, 2014
December Daily 15
Christmas cookies!!!
Yesterday we made the sugar cookie dough, cut them out and baked them, and today was the fun (messy/crazy/insane) part...decorating! Sugar cookies are a lot of work. And extra credit for making them dairy free. But they were worth it, the kids loved every part.
And this cute girl is OVER THE MOON excited to be a Flower Girl in March!!
Oh, and it's stillllll raining here. The end of our three year drought is upon us. The backyard is a small pond, our fountain is overflowing, and we need a boat in our master bedroom. We are the new Seattle.
December Daily 14
Our day was full and lovely. We went to church and listened to a meaningful message about God showing up & meeting us right where we're at -- and would you believe as soon as we got home we got a call with news we had been waiting for. We got the house we were hoping for. God showed up and we knew it. After such a stressful, rainy, leaky, uncertain week, we got exactly what we needed: resolution and peace about our next steps.
In the good, in the bad, God shows up. And it's real & rad.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
December Daily 13
Today, we played.
And then we birthday partied in the neighborhood with amazinggg bubbles.
Our cute town brought in SNOW for the kids to play in today. Real, freezing, hard snow! California kids went crazy for the stuff and we sledded until we could feel fingers no more...
Proof of a rad day is listening to both kids cry because they want to sleep with each other tonight.
Friday, December 12, 2014
December Daily 12
Another day home from school today, even though it barely rained. The rest of the country is laughing at our school closures for light rain. But...we aren't complaining! We took the kids to Petaluma and somehow always end up at Lala's. It was a very interesting lession in social studies to see just how many different kinds of people eat ice cream on a Friday afternoon, during a "storm" in December. A lot!
December Daily 11
The kids are off from school due to our BIG STORM! The storm has actually not proven to be as big as suspected, but we are home nonetheless watching the rain fall. And dealing with our leaky master bedroom, which is loads of fun for everyone. We are spending the time baking Christmas cookies for my holiday party {which was canceled due to the BIG STORM}. And playing games. And looking through the giant stack of Chatbooks that arrived today. Use my code 99QNZ6KZ and get your first Chatbook free :)
Tomorrow's goal is to get a manicure and find a new place to live. One small task, one life-changing task.
Also, thankful for online shopping in this season, can I get an amen?
December Daily 10
10 Things About December 10:
1) We are preparing for the "Storm of the Decade" in the Bay Area
2) Preparations include flashlights, chips & salsa, new board games and ingredients to bake cookies
3) Californians are wimps, we do better in sunshine
4) Thank God we don't have to deal with storms on a regular basis
5) With all the storm prep, we almost forgot to go to Lucca's ballet class, but remembered just in time and were only 15 mins late
6) Rustin working from home right now is very amazing & special. This extra time spent with the kids has been incredibly impactful and the best memories are being made.
7) We ate egg salad sandwiches for dinner. Fancy!
8) The laughter that came from the kids while playing Operation for the 1st time was the absolute best sound in the world
9) I got all our Christmas cards sent out!
10) Angels We Have Heard on High just took the place of O Holy Night for my favorite traditional Christmas carol
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
December Daily 9
Bedtime Carols sung by Lucca
We are all piled on Jackson's bed while Lucca sings us Christmas carols before bed. My personal favorite was on the fourth Day of Christmas, when her true love gave her a... chicken? May I always remember Lulu singing the song that most precious way. ❤️
December Daily 8
For the past few nights, we've loaded up the kids after dinner and hit the best Christmas houses around town. The Mickey Mouse House is a tradition now and the kids LOVE it!
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