Better Late Than Never?

Well it has been some time since I have posted. Almost a month. Where does the time go? A lot has happened over the past month and at first I was going to do several posts to "catch up" but I have decided to go a different route ( I am afraid that I would never really arrive). So without further ado...

Christmas Eve

My loving husband treated me by offering to take the girls off my hands for the bulk of the day (which I am pretty sure meant he needed to finish his Christmas shopping), which I was very grateful for. Leah was in town so we spent the say finishing up our my wrapping and doing some craft projects which I had wanted to do for some time. It was wonderful and just to sit at home doing some things I have wanted (not the things I needed) to do for some time, in my pajamas no less. And spending some child-free time with my sister was pretty awesome too! After napping we loaded up to crew and headed to the church for the Manger Seen (that's for you, Leah) which is a live nativity done every year. Steve has been in it for many years in some capacity. This year our little monsters angels were in it for the first time. It was a really special mother moment having them start, what I hope to be, a tradition for many years to come. All in all, they were little angels and did a fine job. After all of that was complete the girls came home and sat out their cookies and milk for Santa. This Christmas was really fun!

Christmas Day

As has become sort of a tradition over the past couple of years (if you can call that a tradition), my dad and Lora came over for waffles Christmas morning so they could watch the girls open their gifts. I love Christmas morning. I love the looks on Maddie's and Zoe's face. I love the food. But most of all, I love the fact that we are all together. It is rare to have my family, the "big girls", and us all in the same room at the same time. I love just being together. The girls got their requested "Belle dress" from Santa along with a plethra of other things. It was a fun morning. After naps, we headed over to Dad's house for some more fun and food. It was a wonderful day!

New Years

New Year's Eve we invited our good friends Kristina, Greg, and Christian over for games and dinner. Christian and the girls had a fun time playing. After the kids went to bed, the parents had a fun time playing Balderdash. Many laughs were had and I hope that the new year brings many more of those. New Year's Day was pretty lazy. My grandmother (who was here visiting for a few days) and I got in the kitchen and cooked up a good southern feast. I enjoyed cooking with her and learning from her some things I had always wanted to learn about how she cooks things. We had a lazy but fun day just enjoying each others company. 

I think that about catches us up in a nutshell. We had a fun Christmas season and I am so grateful for all my wonderful family and friends. Check back soon...more to come in the next few days!