Happy Monday, Everyone! I hope you all had a nice weekend . . . we sure did! This time of year is always so fun, and this weekend we had several festive activities going on.
We had a low-key Friday night because we had been out late Thursday evening looking at Christmas lights (that will be a post of its own). On Saturday, Chris and I had talked about going out to Pleasant Valley Farms like we did last year, but ultimately decided against it. We loved going there for the pumpkin patch (sadly we missed it this year), but really couldn't think of a good reason why we would drive all the way out there for their Christmas village. Instead, we decided to have a nice day at home and attend our town's Christmas parade that evening.
Since we had much of the day unexpectedly free, the big kids and I decided to do some Christmas ornament crafting. I had found some cute ideas for Christmas ornaments, so we got busy making those ideas come to life.
I have been somewhat obsessed with black and white buffalo plaid this year, so when I found inspiration for these buffalo plaid ornaments, I couldn't wait to make them! We ended up making a dozen buffalo plaid ones with the miniature embroidery hoops, as well as about 20 wood slice ones. The kids had a long list of teachers and staff from school they wanted to make ornaments for, and we love how they all turned out! I wish I would have thought to get a photo of all of the finished ones together.
I kept several of the buffalo plaid ornaments to go on the tree in my bedroom. It fits the "theme" perfectly! This tree is where we put all the ornaments we get when we travel (so we call it our "travel tree"), and they all go great with the buffalo plaid and burlap!
While I worked on ornaments, Chris did a little Christmas baking with the kids. The last few years we have made almond bark covered pretzels for all our bible class teachers, guitar teacher, piano teacher, etc. so Chris was working on that task.
Brooke and Brianna
Daddy, Brooke, and Brianna (cuties!)
Brecklyn and Brenson
Oooops . . . caught sneaking a bite!
Saturday evening, we grabbed a quick bite to eat and bundled up for our town's Christmas parade. We invited Grampy and G-Jo to go with us, and one thing about our new van that we love is that everyone could ride together because it seats 8! Whoop-whoop!
Parades aren't really my favorite thing, but I love watching how excited the kids get. I can't decide if the kids were more excited about the actual parade or alllllll the candy they got, but either way they were happy!
Momma with Brecklyn and Brianna
Daddy with Brooke and Brenson
Yesterday (Sunday) was our annual Christmas luncheon at church. We don't celebrate Christmas in any of our worship services, but we do take the opportunity to have a luncheon complete with a silly gift exchange this time of year. Brecklyn and Brooke were dressed in their festive hand-me-down Christmas dresses, and they looked so cute! Brianna and Chloe wore these same dresses a few years ago.
As part of the fun, Lisa creates a photo wall in one of the classrooms.
Brooke and Brecklyn
Brenson, Brianna, Brecklyn, and Brooke
I always love our family photos from this day!
We are so blessed by our church family, and we are so grateful for them. This crew of little people brings great joy to our lives!
So thankful for a great weekend!
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