i'm back...after a much needed break to celebrate Christmas with my bunch. and as is the usual nature of the holiday season it passes quickly and in a flurry of family activities, fun, rest, food and a complete drop of the usual routine. it was needed and well received.
here are a few parts i loved from Christmas 2018...
the school Christmas play when AJ rocked the dancing reindeer part.
deep fried croquettes...the most amazing Dutch tradition...
family movies under cozy quilts (thanks mom!)
Christmas Eve shenanigans...a crazy fun high stakes game with so much laughter (thanks Beth!)
somehow these two often end up doing this when we have guests.
beautiful new coasters with an even more beautiful message for this fresh new year, made by sweet Nicole
this sweetie joining us this holiday~ she was the last one awake Christmas morning, and clearly Hudson should have slept longer! :)
a most special gift of art from my Layla...i will forever cherish this!
sleeping sisters on Christmas day...the best post-turkey (thanks Barb!) snooze...
and now these two are deposited back into the start of their second terms at their respective schools. always more fun picking them up than bringing them back...
a huge Lego set mastered and enjoyed by AJ.
and two other highlights~ one of the pictures i wish i'd gotten was the evening of inter-generational puzzling we did. a beautiful puzzle and hours of relaxing as it came together. and super high on my list was the video and picture we received Christmas morning of E&H, our two precious fosters who left back in August. definitely made me cry, but so great to see their sweet faces and hear their voices at the same time...God~ hold them close i pray...
soooo, i think we all felt rested and recharged after Christmas 2018...so blessed...
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