This was a Christmas Eve miracle in my book. I LITERALLY screamed in my own house. I have been looking for my grandmother's necklace for over a year now. So crushed that I searched Etsy in hopes of replacing it. But what I loved about it was that it belonged to her. ITs a classic, stood the test of time, a true treasure. My Etsy replacement still tried to remind me of that, but it wasn't the same (obviously)
Before getting into a nice warm bath, I started purging some bathroom baskets. I am sure we all have them, old make-up, products etc. This was a jewelry cleaner jar that I was going to toss. I never take the time to clean my jewelry. But then I thought to open it, and BOOM - there it was. I was WILDLY thankful! Today is going to be a GOOD DAY. It FEELS amazing to have it back.
I convinced my folks that staying the night is the best option! Holiday mule for the win too. I know next year they will be headed to warmer weather, so this is really our chance.
Family seafood dinner before walking the neighborhood and card games.
Love this simple capture of Nora - can you tell she is wearing reindeer antlers?
Look what got delivered while we were out walking the neighborhood!! Santa's bag of....
Holy cow that's a bunch
Love how beautiful everything looks to include our own Rockefeller Christmas tree!
Then we had an idea - Maybe Santa could visit the Canny's house? Our Santa has never done the visitations. What would the kids think? I don't want to ruin it for Drew, but this could be magic right?
We came upstairs, Drew took one look at us and said, where r you guys going? Guess the cat really is out of the bag -
Thankful we captured a photo before heading out - Nick drove us in the back of the truck which was funny because folks were driving through our neighborhood and looking twice at the back of the truck. When we parked at the Cannys, a car with a cute little girl strapped to her car seat in the back, pulled up next to us. They rolled down the window and asked if they could have a photo of Santa. She was so enamored. It was heart melting.
Meanwhile at the party house. We popped in for a quick hi.
Went by the McLellan's too - they were awesome and up playing reindeer games!
Festive night and always sweet going to be knowing the excitement that tomorrow brings.
And this year, before going to bed, Chris and I took one last walk of the neighborhood. Peacefully beautiful.
My folks stayed in Shane's room last night. Love waking up to seeing them with an extra bed snuggler.
Looks like there are some good dog stocking out there.
Should keep her busy for a bit.
Dog snuggles in one piece PJs, yes please
Of course we need a family photo
How bless are we to be together Christmas morning
Aggies for the win!
best personality driven sock selection ever
I had no idea that light works with Alexa - that WAS NOT my intention.
The UCONN ticket gift to Oma Sue - and she get to go with Nick and Ashley!
While this photo may look chaotic, I want to remember how well Chris plays the orchestrator of the gifts.
I managed to get everyone outside for a quick hike - felt so good after all the Christmas things to get outside. Now a like snow is nature's true icing on the cake, but I will take this family of 5
Love that my folks came back for dinner that evening!!
Just a few days later, my sister's family came up for Christmas round 2! We did a fun santa swap with the kiddos and adults.
We played some reindeer games that had us laughing for days. Kudos to my sister for opting to record them =)!
Starting easy here with the wrapping bow scoop.
Round 2 - a different technique
Watching my parent rock this is absolutely the BEST
Had to do a demo
The next generation of jingle bell shake
Funny story that I want to treasure, as my sister was going to bed that evening she was hearing a giggle. She checked into her girls to make sure they were asleep and not messing around. All good. Jackson too. But then she kept hearing this giggle. She walked down the hall to see mom watching the videos and laughing. So good for the soul. Love it.
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