Sneek Peek

Home for the Holidays-Part 1

I'm now ready to sit down and record some events of the last month.  

Overall:  It was simply exhausting for me.  

I could sugar coat it....but I'm just going to be down right honest.  Traveling back to Illinois for Thanksgiving and Christmas was just more than this pregnant mom of 3 could handle.  

But....we got some great pictures :) 

We started off in Dixon....

We traveled the snowy roads to go and hang out with one of our favorite families.  Big Sis was not in any of these pics b/c she was off hanging out with one of her buddies from her old school.   

Dixon is still one of my favorite places to be!

Merry Christmas!!

Totally Pathetic!

I'm thinking it was not such a great idea to plan on traveling across the country for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I can't seem to get a grip on things.  I even cried to my kids tonight....totally pathetic! 

Yes, he is sooo cute.....

But still a handful!

I wish I could keep the house decorated for Christmas all year long!

The Christmas decor of the house is giving me such a warm, happy feeling.

I wish this house gave me that warm happy feeling all year around. 

Maybe after Christmas I should get a palm tree and put it in the middle of my living room.

Here are a few shots of my warm, happy!

Christmas Traditions

So far this year we have completed two of the Christmas traditions that we have here in the Carolinas.  

First, Santa headed through our neighborhood last night.  I LOVE THIS!  

The girls were in their room and Jonah was scootering through the house when I heard sirens.  

I yelled, "GIRLS, SANTA IS COMING"!  

They came flying out of their room and we ran out the front door just in time to have several fire trucks pass us.....lights and holiday music blaring.....and there he was.  

Little Man had a smile from ear to ear.  

Santa tossed out candy while yelling his usual, "HO, HO, HO, Merry Christmas!"  

I wish I would have grabbed the camera to record the look on Little Man's face.

It was priceless!

  Unfortunately,  Ben was out of town. 

 

Tonight we attended another event that has become a tradition.  A local Methodist church in town puts on an AMAZING drive through Christmas story.  It started tonight and it goes through the weekend.  

Thousands  of people go through each year.  

SO AWESOME....it still puts tears in my eyes.  

You travel through the town of Bethlehem as the people are hearing the news of the birth of their Savior.  Your windows are rolled down so you can hear all of their reactions and interactions with each other.  There are hundreds of people involved, live animals, (sheep, cows, and camels) and it ends at the manger.  Big Sis attempted to take some pictures out of the window of the truck.  They are not the best photos, but you can get the idea.  It really is an amazing production.