Christmas thru New Years

Finally getting around to posting Christmas pictures!!! We had a very nice Christmas. We went to my grandma's house Christmas eve like we have done every year as far back as I can remember. We made a big ol brunch of waffles, bacon, casseroles, hash, fruit and mimosa! Then we threw a little last minute Christmas eve party at our house with all our family, which everyone really seemed to enjoy. We had finger food, drinks, music and a bonfire.

We woke up Christmas morning, to three eager, impatient kids ready to open presents. We ran downstairs (made coffee) and opened presents. We relaxed at home throughout the day and let the kids stay in pajamas and play all day- that's what Christmas day is all about right?

My parents came over for a visit and ended up constructing legos with the little guy. Then later in the afternoon we took a nice walk around town then cooked up a nice ham dinner!!

The kids winter break literally just flew by. I didn’t get to do even half of what I planned with them. I would have liked to visit friends and family more. I feel like we didn’t really see anyone.

I can’t believe how much unused stuff I bagged up to go to goodwill. So that’s on the list for this weekend to get out of the house along with hopefully ice skating!!

Christmas Day Walk

Ben's brother got us turkey legs for Christmas, we will be eating them this weekend and I cannot wait!

Christmas present from Cam

Cam's secret Santa, his cousin Adri, picked this out for him and he just LOVES it

My 13 year old niece took these pictures of Addy. She did a good job. I love them.

Playing with Christmas presents

We went out and took a walk to the beach the day after Christmas and then a nice loooooong walk with my father-in-love in the woods.

New Year's eve we watched The Sound of Music and all stayed up until midnight and counted down into the new year. We embraced the new year with lots of hugs and kisses and then bedtime.

New Year's day we made a big yummy breakfast and the last two years we've gone down to the same beach, we took a beach walk and watched the waves of 2019 roll away as we watched 2020 roll in.

We had a nice steak and lobster dinner with my parents at our house. So we definitely brought the new year in with a bang- besides battling a bad toothache the last week and finally getting into the dentist for tomorrow to see what is going on in there to relieve this pain!!

Hope everyone had a safe and happy Christmas and New Year!
Enjoy the first weekend of 2020!

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