December was another fast month. I hate how the anticipation of the holidays coming is so exciting, but really once they are here they are g-o-n-e. We had a magical month filled with so many sweet moments and precious memories with the kids. They are all just adorable and at great ages where Christmas does feel so magical.
Jack came back and was more fun than ever. My kids love him and totally get into it everyday. Thank goodness for the reminder setting on our phones because it sure is an easy thing to forget to do each night.
Harp and I went with dear friends of ours to see The Nutcracker. It was precious and the girls loved being together and seeing it. We went out for brunch that morning too. It was a special day with my girl.
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| My little boys---oh how I love our days together. There are definitely days when I want to rip my hair out because the run me ragged---OR it's 9 am and I am dyingggg for Matt to get home from work. Even tho they can give me a run for my money, I adore them and am so thankful I get to spend everyday with them. |
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| Mini, Papa, Lissa, and Greyson came for a long weekend in December. They got the kids an awesome playscape for our backyard. We love it!! |
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| Look at this angel baby??? |
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| I love this pic! |
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| Holton has become quite the musical entertainer. He makes us laugh everyday. |
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| Matt got to be a watchdog for the kids at school. They love love love this and it means so much to them having Daddy at school with them. |
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| More watchdog cuteness |
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| My dear friend Cara got married!!!!! It was the BEST day and such a gorgeous wedding. So so so happy for her! |
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| Christmas Break came quickly and we spent our first long weekend in Tyler with my family. We took the kids to The Polar Express. It was pretty cute and Holton espcailly loved it. That guy loves anythign train related. |
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| One of my all time favorite pictures of him--- |
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| Cam and Holton--best buds. |
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| Evening "hayride" singing Christmas carols and hot chocolate. |
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| Camden and Suz were sweet enough to share what they thought were long gone germs of pink eye with our ENTIRE family. (I was the only one who didn't get it strangely enough). It really stunk and put a damper on our Christmas break. Matt probably had it the worst. We spent a ton of money at the dr and eyedrops...UGH! |
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| How pitiful is this baby face?? |
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| Suz, Harp, and myself with my beautiful grandmother and great aunts. |
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| My crazy family. :) |
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| We made it home from Tyler just in time for Christmas Eve. It was our 4th annual Christmas Eve at Grimaldis. The best! |
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| Santa CAME! |
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| Harp got 3 dogs that look very real. I can say that to this day she still loves them so much and sleeps with them nightly. It is Shadow, Princess, and Charlie. |
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| And even now you will see Shadow in the strangest places. |
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| Hayes was happy with his new Pirate rocker. |
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| This sweet boy got a new pirate ship to battle the old pirate ship. |
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| Mullins Christmas Card. |
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| Proof of the pinkeye sickness lingering. They just felt crummy and did not want to keep their eyes open. |
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| Because of the pinkeye, mama got some MAD SKILLS on the rainbow loom. |
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| Santa brought Hudson an X-box with the new Madden game AND Dallas Cowboys vs the Eagles tickets. Pretty much a dream come true for this guy. He was so excited. Matt and Hud had a great weekend! Too bad the Cowboys lost in the end. It was a great game tho!!! |
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| Mama trying to make fun while Matt and Huddy were at the Cowboy game. |
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| I love this pic. Matt wasn't feeling too good with pinkeye but of course wouldn't miss it for anything. |
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| My nutty crew. Holton makes me smile. |
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| More Cowboys game fun. |
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| How sweet is Harp with Hayes? This was Hayes' first Hummer ride. |
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| Hot chocolate outside. |
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| I love this pic. |
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| A SUPER FUN day at Sea World |
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| I took my sweet girl out for a mommy daughter date. She painted pottery and loved it. I treasure our time together. |
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| Matt and I with our middles. |
While it wasn't our 'best' Christmas break ever because of yucky pinkeye--it still was great having everyone home for 2 weeks. Those 2 weeks are hands down 2 of my favorite because all 6 of us are home together. We veg out, watch tons of Christmas movies, go out to eat, sleep late, break most of our routine rules, matt and I stay up far too late---it's just the best. I love them all so much and love having them home with me.
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| First day back to school/work. Ahhhh so so sad to see them go. |
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