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Christmas Eve before Church
Wow how the time flies, another year. In 7 days Thomas and I will be celebrating our 14th anniversary. Then 23 days later our "little flower" Linnea will officially become a TEENAGER!!! With those days counted comes another countdown, 35 days will be Zachary's 14th birthday in heaven. In the words of Annika "holy wackamole" 14 years, 13 years, all these events feel like they just happened a few years ago not past the 10 year mark already. To think, yes I already have a teenager who is a amazing part of our lives, and soon I will have a second one who can argue back, haha! I am praying for beautiful calm weather on both January 25 and February 6. I will be setting the alarm and waking up Linnea to do something very special for her birthday. At 2:12 am we will be awake celebrating her entrance into the teenage years! Pictures to come.
We had a wonderful Christmas. on the 22nd my brother, sister and their families came over and we demolished a crock pot of sloppy joes and desserts. The kids got to spend time together, annoying each other and playing. Christmas day was just ours. The kids didn't get up till after 7. I had the alarm set for 730 so Grandma had time to watch them open present before work. Santa brought some nice and needed items. Annika had the best line of the day with her first gift. "This isn't what I asked for!" She asked Santa for only 2 things, a nightie with her twin "Merida" from Brave on it and Meridas horse "Angus". The first present was a tshirt I had made. After being shown that there were more gifts she decided to wait and see if it was there. And yes the last present was indeed what she had asked Santa
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| Annika and Angus |
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| Annika and her twin Merida |
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| Ulrik and his knives |
Christmas break was relaxed with nothing to do but the daily house stuff. I got to sleep in with the kids, lounge around all day, play outside, play referee, and spend time together. On the 29th we went to Thomas' sister Tina's house and had another round of good food and good company. So many memories have been made around the kitchen table. Maybe its the food that gets everybody settled there or its just where so much live centers around that brings us there.
We had snow over break which was great for the kids, but not for me. Once again I'm on the injured list. Maybe soon I'll find a way to get off of it. Bonus part the kids shoveled the driveway......TOGETHER!!!! No argument (gasp!) They were rewarded with Pizza Hut for dinner, again no argument!
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| They did it together! |
We all slept through the New Year. New Years Eve the kids were treated to a fireworks display in the neighbors backyard. It was quite spectacular for about 15 minutes and then "BOOM" the yard lite up bright red and the show was done. No firetrucks, no ambulance so it was all good. Thomas and I spent time watching "grown up" movies that had no animation in them. I've got the instant que on Netflix down from 357 to 350. I'm working my way there!
Today everybody went back to normal. Kids back to school, Thomas back to work and Annika and Piper storming the castle together, and after a week apart storming is exactly the way its been. By Monday morning everyone, including me will be sliding back into our routine. Lets hope we can infuse a little magic so it doesn't become so plain old day in day out the same. I'm sure I can find a recipe on Pinterest for PIXIE DUST! Everyone is slowly coming home, first Linnea and next will be Thomas and then the boys and Grandma. Time for me to bring the clean kitchen to life and make a dinner for my family, here's some pictures of December at our house. |
| The boys in the hats I made them that actually FIT!! |
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