Easter

 

The girls still wanted to dye Easter eggs this year so on Easter eve they decorated the eggs while I baked the dessert and got the table set.

Baskets were set and ready for the girls to find.

The days of early wake ups are gone and now Chris and I usually finish atleast a cup of coffee before the girls make their way out of bed.

They still follow the rules though and wait down the hall before heading out.  Mom still needs pictures!

After the baskets were emptied it was time for the egg hunt.  Way less eggs are hidden now a days but the stakes are high because the eggs that are hidden are either filled with money or cute jewelry!

Appetizers set out for the family to arrive.

All the family pictures

I can't remember it ever raining on Easter Sunday but this year it did.  We had to do the egg hunt inside but that didn't stop these two littles from having fun.

These two having fun of their own.  I have no idea what they were doing but they were cracking themselves up.

My two sweetest gals!

Christmas Traditions

 

The girls stay up later than us especially during Winter Break so I now just hand them their Polar Express tickets and then they know to grab what they want to take along for the car ride around town to look at the lights.

They were strictly a NO pictures crowd this year!

Dang teenagers!

I got one!!

It was nearly three days before Christmas and I finally had both girls home and there was time for them to paint their nutcrackers. 

They painted their hearts out while I did lots of baking.

Check out Brooklyn's details

They came out sooo good!

Nine years of nutcrackers painted by my girls! 

My favorite Christmas decor every year.

 

Friendsgiving

 The Saturday after Thanksgiving we gathered for our Friendsgiving.  So thankful for this group of friends.  We got each other through covid times and even though we don't hang out as much as we did during that time of being home 24:7 we still make the effort to see each other as much as possible.