Friday, January 31, 2025

Tree Decorating

 Tree Decorating night is one of my favorites!
I make sure to schedule it with the girls so it is a night we can enjoy and all be together. 



Lots of food and festive drinks to eat while we listen to Christmas carols and decorate.


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A fun chocolate guessing game


and the girls first gift of the season


Ornaments for their own tree






My Christmas babies



Thursday, January 30, 2025

November

 Halloween got packed up and put away

Fun cousin time





Kayla was exhausted from an early cross country morning.  We were all up early but since she was the one who ran so she was a little worse off than us.


Fall garden flowers


Brooklyn had her first heartbreak.  It was rough around here for a little while.  My poor girl.


She luckily had plenty of fun activities to keep her mind off of things.  Here she is off to a friends quince which she had a blast at.


We spent a day going through her closet.  Never dull hanging with her.


Brooklyn decided it was time to get rid of the Calico Critters.  Definitely the hardest toys I've ever had to get rid of of the girls.  So many memories of them setting them all up around the house and playing for hours.  Kayla wasn't home so Brooklyn and I decided to set the entire town up in her room.  Kayla was a little surprised to find them all in her room when she got home.



These three hanging out watching tv on the weekend.


Pretty Fall art by Brooklyn


Kayla received a big award from Cross Country this season and got to keep the plaque at home for a few days before it goes back to the gym to hang on the wall.


Pretty Fall views on my walk home from work.


A little Fall decor in the home


Lots of new customers and orders in the month of November.  Shop my Young Living here


All of us all together chatting and laughing. I'm going to miss this so much next year.  We had just finished paying for all of Kayla's college applications. Love my little family!


Cozy cat cuddles


Walked in to find Brooklyn perfectly comfy in my bed





Saturday, January 11, 2025

Thanksgiving & Friendsgiving

 Had to start out Thanksgiving with breakfast to get our bellies ready to stuff later that day.


Traditional family photos
The people I'm most thankful!






The next night we celebrated again with our annual Friendsgiving.



 



Friday, January 10, 2025

Julian In the Fall

 Camping in Julian in the Fall is just what my soul needed!



The first night it rained and it was extremely windy.  We were parked under an acorn tree which kept us up all night.  The acorns fell constantly and it was so loud.  We were so tired and there was nothing to do but laugh at the horrible luck.  The next morning Chris and I walked around the campground and decided to see if we could move spots.  Somewhere where we wouldn't be under an acorn tree! Thankfully we got the most perfect spot and slept well the remainder of our trip.



It was gorgeous and the cold weather could not have been more perfect.


















A beautiful hike where we saw a bald eagle flying above us several times.  I had never seen one out in the open!










I think this was one of my favorite camping trips.  I can't wait to go back again in the Fall!