Kaitlyn's 25th Birthday!

Pictures taken Jan. 16 ~
Happy 25th Birthday to our sweet Kaitlyn! We love you so much. This is going to be an exciting year!!

We got her a rose gold and pearl necklace.

We went back to Kaitlyn's favorite Italian restaurant with some of her friends.

Kaitlyn's favorite! Angel food cake. :)

Elli's New Glasses

Picture taken Jan. 14 ~
Pair #2 - had to be blue!

More Celebrations for Elli's 10th Birthday!

Pictures taken Jan 5 & 7 ~
Here are more pics from Elli's 10th birthday celebrations! A party at Grandma's house on Sunday with a "How to Train Your Dragon" cake, and then lunch at school and presents on her actual birthday!

Elli wanted a chocolate "How to Train Your Dragon" cake!  Kaitlyn cut out gluten-free Oreos for the dragon scales.

Gifts from a friend at church.

I met Elli at school for lunch.

Marshmallow rode along to pick up the birthday girl from school.

Disney Villainous game.

A new bow for archery practice!

Elli's "How to Train Your Dragon" 10th Birthday Party!

Pictures taken Jan. 3 ~
Elli had a "How to Train Your Dragon" 10th birthday party with a couple of her good friends! Kaitlyn made some amazing dragons and the characters from the movie/tv series with her new Cricut.

Elli wanted a Choco Brownie Extreme Blizzard cake.

Video ~ Make a wish!

Playing a new How to Train Your Dragon game called Dawn of New Riders.

Playing with Elli's Mario Kart remote-control cars.

Eating popcorn and playing Disney's Pictopia!

"Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" Movie

Pictures taken Dec. 31 ~
We saw "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" and Jeff showed the kids his 1978 Star Wars action figures!

Christmas ~ 2019

Pictures taken Dec. 25 ~

Brady got his girlfriend concert tickets to Elton John's farewell tour!

Grandpa's new gloves and snuggly blanket.

Our Christmas tree folded napkins.

Hot chocolate after dinner.

Brady and I played a few Christmas songs on piano and guitar. <3

Video ~ Playing with Elli's new Mario Kart remote-control cars.

Christmas Eve at Grandma's ~ 2019

Pictures taken Dec. 24 ~

We had a Secret Santa gift exchange this year for Christmas Eve.

After the gift exchange, we made pancakes, eggs, and sausage, and had juice and a hot chocolate bar.

Playing Fibbage!

Elli played her Christmas recital song, "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel".

Christmas Lights ~ 2019

Pictures taken Dec. 23 ~
December 23rd = driving around looking at Christmas lights! Marshmallow had fun going with us too.  :)

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Christmas Piano Recital ~ Dec. 2019 (Video!)

Pictures taken Dec. 21 ~
Elliana performed "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" in my Christmas piano recital. We are so proud of her!

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Marshmallow's Christmas Sweater

Video taken Dec. 19 ~

Snow Ice Cream and Sledding! (Video)

Pictures taken Dec. 15 ~

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Library Holiday Book Tree

Picture taken Dec. 14 ~
Elli tried to guess how many "branches" were on the holiday book tree for the library contest. Dad had a great idea to guess 1,225 books since Christmas is on 12/25! We were only 182 off the actual number of 1,043 (the lucky winner guessed 1,010).

Winter Wonderland Breakfast

Pictures taken Dec. 13 ~
Elli's school had a family winter wonderland breakfast. We were entertained with the 4th and 5th grade special choir and a visit from the Grinch!

Holiday Delivery Driver Snacks

Pictures taken Dec. 10 ~
We joined the trend and put out some snacks for our delivery drivers this holiday season!

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We had several drivers take snacks, and we got a thank you letter in the mail from one of them! This was so fun!