The few days leading up to Christmas are always exciting in our house! If only every week could be as magical! We were happy to have Grandma and Grandpa here from Florida this year! This was also a bittersweet week for us because this was our last Christmas on Holmes Avenue.
Merry Christmas!! From our crazy crew to yours!!
Christmas Play Dates!
Happy 70th Birthday Grandpa!
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Thank you Gigi and Babu for babysitting the crazies so we could treat the Birthday Boy to a nice dinner!
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| "Happy Birthday Grandpa!" |
Christmas Eve
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| Watching old Christmas videos. |
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Last day of the Christmas countdown!
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| Best day on the Jesse Tree! |
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| Ariele-Boots the Elf wanted to wish Jesus a Happy Birthday too! |
Opening Homemade Gifts
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| Lainey made Daddy a wallet! |
Christmas Eve Service
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| Headed to church with our trio of angels! |
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| Hailey and Lainey did a great job singing in the choir! |
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| They had some pretty enthusiastic fans in the front row! |
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| Picking baby brother up from the nursery after the service (he couldn't hang the whole time!) |
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| Christmas Eve 2018 |
Annual Christmas Eve Tacky Lights Tour
Sprinkling Reindeer Food on the Lawn!
Feeling Festive and Ready for Some Enthusiastic Caroling to the Neighbors!
Annual Night Before Christmas Reading (By Grandma This Year!)
Milk and Cookies for Santa!
Annual Christmas Eve Sister Sleepover!
Santa Came and His Elves Were Busy!
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| Caleb's presents. |
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| Avery's presents. |
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| Lainey's presents. |
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| Hailey's presents. |
Christmas Morning!
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| Three very excited girls on Christmas Morning! |
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| Christmas morning 2018. Ready to see if Santa came! |
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| He ate the cookies!! |
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| Lucky kiddos, checking out their loot! |
Taking Their New Wheels for a Test Drive with Kaitlyn!
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| Trio of pretty cute biker babes! |
Presents from Grandma and Grandpa!
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| Grandma and Grandpa had their car loaded up with beautifully wrapped gifts and they also got the girls their new bikes!! |
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| Of course! |
Christmas Dinner at Kay and Ken's
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| Chrismas 2018 |
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| Erin and I know how to do Christmas! A baby on the hips and a drink on the lips! |
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| Grandma was ready to party! |
Gift Exhange with Gigi and Babu, the Wilkeys and the Lynches!
Time to Eat!
Erin Came Up With Some Pretty Entertaining Games!
Christmas with Uncle Poogie and Aunt Emily!
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We missed spending Christmas with the Newlyweds this year, but we loved getting our own special time with them when they got home from Cincinnati!
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| Leave it to Uncle Poogie…!! |
Christmas Cards!
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| Thankful for all of our friends and family who make each Christmas so special! We love getting your cards and treasure each one of them! Thank you! |
Holmes Avenue Christmas Memory Lane
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| 2015 |
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It's going to be hard to top the magical Christmases we've had in this sweet home. This year was bittersweet for sure. Here's to our last Christmas on Holmes Avenue and to an exciting year ahead! Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!
2019 Here we come!
