Merry Christmas 2016

Christmas Card Winner....every year!

Because it's always so fun and creative, it's become tradition to post my sister in law's Christmas card design! Every year I think I'll be that creative next year, but it just never happens. My entire family looks forward to their card each and every year!! Love it!!!

Thanksgiving

Andy and the family came and spent the week of Thanksgiving here with us. We had a lot of fun playing games, eating, playing outside, and enjoying our time together. Amidst all of the fun, we were also in the process of replacing/moving some furniture into and out of the house. They arrived just in time to help with the heavy lifting and moving. It really was a great help! I wish I would've taken some pictures of all that activity, but I was too involved in the process. I did manage to snap a few photos of mostly everything else we did.

The weather was warm and beautiful, so we enjoyed a lot of outside time and took TONS of family pictures.

This was one of my favorites. A side by side of the boys 3 years ago and now! Time goes by so quickly and the kids just keep getting older. Crazy!

This little cutie is so much fun to take pictures with. It takes a little convincing to get him interested, but once he is in the (picture taking/distracted)zone, he is so fun!

And then we had the older more reluctant crew. They did great, even though it wasn't their most favorite thing to do. All the pictures turned out so cute!!

A few family portraits are always nice♥

I sure love these peeps♥

We even managed a park day

Ry and Seth played Monopoly for hours over the entire week. We just kept the game set up on the table and they came and went.

And we picked up our Christmas tree! Another big thanks to Andy for carrying that big Fraser Fir into the house!

I love fall with all of it's beauty and color. It was such a fun and beautiful week!

The leaves have mostly fallen off all of our trees. We've had rain and the colors are not as bright. Christmas is on it's way and we are looking forward to spending more time with family.