Christmas Morning~

 Christmas morning Lucy told Grammy and Papa 

to be at our house at 7:00 am

(that is pretty early for teenage boys :)

Here she comes...she was so excited!!

Lucy asked Santa for a teal blue Ipod Nano :)

she said "yep, he got it right!"

(oops..eyes closed)

Blake was the next one up

so he and Lucy did their stockings together!

Blake is a little obsessed with Star Wars right now!

Bennett was the last one up 

and probably the last one to bed the night before :)

(hence the puffy eyes :)

Blake and Bennett both got new smartphones

and Powell asked for clothes

They were all so happy with everything they received

"Grateful Boys"

All dressed and ready to head to Grammy and Papa's 

for Christmas dinner

Lucy wanted to take this picture of all of us :)

she does a pretty good job holding that camera that probably is half her weight~

17 in all!

A very fun Christmas dinner!

A Merry Chirstmas Eve~

Christmas Eve this year was spent with our 

Aunt Deanna, Uncle Peter 

and cousins in town from San Diego

a few shots before we headed out ...

Traditional Christmas pajamas!!

The boys were SO excited :) and Lucy LOVED her One Direction 

jammies! 

The boys with Dr. Ashley Jacobsen DDS

we are so proud of the new gorgeous dentist in our family!

 Tim and Ashley

We are so blessed to have these amazing cousins in our lives

they are wonderful role models to our boys, and we look forward to spending

time with them whenever they are in town

and the gorgeous NEWLYWEDS!!

Ryan and Jenna!!

 There might have been a moment or two during the gift opening

that things got a little out of hand with tossing and catching

swedish fish!!

Lucy got her first girl Lego from Uncle Peter!

The Girls with Aunt Deanna♥

 Our Dentist and Uncle Peter and Ashley♥

♥

We had such a fun Christmas Eve

lots of laughs 

and lots of love!

Buddy the Elf

If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram

you have seen these

but 

if not, this is what our Elf on the Shelf, Buddy

has been up to this week!!

Things I Love {Christmas Wish List version}

I thought it would be fun to compile a "wish list" 

that is all about the things I love!

♥

Reading

Yoga

Photography

Arm Candy :)

♥

{1 2 3 4 5 6}

oh

and party planning!

{7}

p.s. I got this book for my birthday...and love it :)

What's on you wish list??

Weekending through my phone!

Wow, it's been awhile since I posted!

I ended up with bronchitis after Thanksgiving

which really s l o w e d me down

and it is taking awhile for me to feel 

normal.

I celebrated my birthday last week

and was blessed beyond measure

by SO many wonderful friends and 

family♥

So...here is a quick up date of the weekend 

with pictures from my phone

Friday night Lucy and I went to craft night at her school, the

girls who put this on outdid themselves...Lucy made sugar scrub

snowflake feather ornament, snowman ornament, 

magnetic picture frame, and a candle holder!

Saturday was Lucy's lesson at SANCA

She has been working SO hard on her trampoline seat drop

which does not come easy with her hemiplegia, but 

she has got it!!!

You've come a long way Baby!!

My favorite is to watch her on the tight wire

and the confidence she feels as we walks

across

and I am a little bit in love with this 

machine!

Buddy the Elf was feeling a little 

mischievous this weekend :) 

I spent the weekend getting our Christmas decorations out

my chalkboard walls are decked for the holiday!!

and Sunday we got our Christmas tree!!

There you have our weekend

in a handful of pictures!

xo