Friday, November 30, 2012

girl day

 

I decided to surprise Aubrey with a bunch of little “activities” for us to do after I picked her up from school. She sure was happy once she got home! :)

There’s probably a bit more pictures then needed, but I hadn’t used my good camera in a while and I was itchin to! ;) This is the only phone pic I took, bc I can’t take a pic of us on my camera with the lens I have on it. This one actually turned out pretty cute :)

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Set up on the dining table was the snowflake craft (another $1 find!) all of our manicure goodies, and Elf!

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And, on the kitchen counter some of the fixin’s for our delicious chocolate chip pudding cookies!!

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Surveying everything and eager to get started!

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She was really excited about the pink, kept saying how beautiful it was, haha.

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YUM!

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She approved!

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And, of course, matching nails ;)

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We had a lot of fun! And, now that Philip is home, we’re all watching Elf as I type this… Aubrey is cracking up! :)

Peace.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

oh christmas tree, oh christmas tree…

 

while aubrey was napping one day, i got out all of our christmas decorations.. she sure was happy when she woke up! (ugh, i really to start using my real camera more and not just my phone!) we put on pandpra and listened to christmas songs,started a fire, ordered pizza, and then watched christmas cartoons :)

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then the big surprise (that i secretly couldn’t wait to give her! $6 garage sale find!) – her very own purple tree for her room!

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so sweet.

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then, i started on the mantle and finished up our tree. this cruddy phone pic doesn’t do the mantle any justice..

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after the first pic i went back and added some more.. the red and gold ball things.

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and, the tree. aubrey says constantly, “momma, i just love your tree. its so beautiful!” :))

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now, for some cold weather to stick around so that it can actually feel like christmas!!!

:)

thanksgiving

 

to start of our thanksgiving festivities- aubrey’s school always has a dinner and program the 3’s,4’s and kindergarten puts on. i love going to this, aubrey is always really excited and its nice to mingle with the other parents of her class that ive come to know :)

posing by her favorite tree.

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here they come!

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she was a little indian.. and of course she just stood there 99% of the time. oh well, she was cute anyway ;)

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aubrey made a cute little turkey.. which she loved making. gotta love quick and easy $1 crafts! ;)

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on thanksgiving day, we started off at philips parents.. the weather was really great for the girls to be able to play outside!

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aubrey- almost 4

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avery- 3 1/2 (she reminds me a lot of aubrey!)

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olivia- 4 1/2

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sweet girls :)

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philip and his dad frying the turkey- pretty yummy!

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my first ever attempt at making sweet potatoes- and it was a success!!! seriously, they were really good and everyone ate some :)))

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after his parents, we went to my parents. the sky was amazing driving home, it was changing drastically every minute! at one point, a beautiful sunset, then the next it starts raining a bit and then a rainbow appeared! just one more reason to give thanks to God :)

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mom and marvin.. with a plate full of turkey, haha.

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our happy little family! :)

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“Give thank to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.” – Psalm 107.1