We all enjoyed a very, merry Christmas at home this year and it was extra cozy because of the massive amounts of snow we received just in time for Christmas! At the moment we have snow piled up to the top of our mailbox and are expecting more this weekend - craziness! But we are loving it (maybe not Steve so much anymore, as his back's about to break from all the shoveling). Benjamin loves the snow but Gracie not so much as she gets cold quickly. We've been busy sledding, building snowmen, making snow angels (or atleast attempting to), and just playing around in the white winterland.
This entire Christmas season has been wonderful as I really feel our family unit come into its own this year as we discover and begin our own family traditions. I think it takes a couple years for it to take shape and this year I can defintely see that it's taking form - and I love it! It's been so much fun baking with Benjamin and discovering what Christmas treat will be our family tradition for the years to come. Can you guess what it is??? Chocolate covered pretzels - so yummy! And maybe some peppermint bark too. :)
From finding our new favorite Christmas music, David Crowders Band "Oh for Joy", to reading "The Night Before Christmas" to the kids on Christmas Eve before bed. Now that the kids are a little bit older it has gotten so much fun to watch their excitement and anticipation for Christmas day to come and when the joyful morning finally did arrive it was downright perfect! I hope you also had a very merry Christmas this year and may you have a Happy New Year too!
Here are some pics. The ones of Gracie wearing the Indian headband we made are from Thanksgiving... I will post some more Christmas pics that Steve took in my next post - they are AMAZING!
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