Christmas

It was so fun to have Christmas at home this year we had a great time. On the 23rd we went to Dollywood again, Brooke was excited to go on adventure mountain where they harness you in and you get to climb around on different courses. It was so cold, but it was fun bundling up and drinking hot cocoa.




Christmas Eve we went over to some friends for dinner and acted out the nativity, Owen was a sheep and Brooke was an angel.




Then there was Christmas morning.

This is the BEFORE



DURING







and AFTER


Brooke's favorite presents were her pillow pet unicorn and pop up beads. Owen really only had eyes for the train table and is now sleeping with his Thomas the train engine. We had such a great Christmas and hope you did as well!

my sister is amazing

I obsess about a lot of random things and one of those things is stockings. I've always wanted striped knit Christmas stockings, but I can't knit. So I've looked and looked and it is so hard to find what I wanted. I even tried this Martha Stewart idea where you take and old striped sweater and cut it into a stocking (it really didn't work!). And then I realized, I have a sister that knits so I begged a lot and my very nice sister made me these lovely stockings. I love them! My sister is amazing! Thanks Elizabeth!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Reid's family was here for Thanksgiving and we had a lot of fun! We had some projects saved up for them, so we mostly put them to work, but we did manage to do a few fun things as well!
Turkey Bowling


Big Ed's
Dollywood
Dollywood was so fun for Christmas! It was all lit up and it looked so great! Also, Brooke was tall enough to go on a few new rides and we had so much fun!





Turkey Trot


We had a great time and are so grateful Reid's parents were willing to drive 22 hours to see us! Also, Reid loves all the projects his dad and brother helped him with in the garage and I am so grateful for Marcia's help with some sewing projects! Thanks guys!