Wow! I can't believe an entire year has gone by since my last post. We have been busy making memories with our little family. As I look back on this year, I can't help but think how incredibly blessed we are! Preston and Kelsey, now 6 and 2 years old, are our entire world! They make each and every day better and have us striving to be better parents/role models for them daily! Watching them grow and learn is such an incredible experience. I am so thankful that God chose us to be their parents! I couldn't imagine a better job! Since it has been so long, I decided to do one very large post and give little updates as you scroll through the pictures. These pictures start in November 2015 and go through December 2016. As I went through the thousands of pictures from this year to come up with what to post, one word came to mind...GRATEFUL! Life is SO good right now. Our hearts are full of gratitude for the many, many blessings we have. We are cherishing each and every day!
NOVEMBER 2015
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I loved watching these two play together on the playground at Sunshine Kids Preschool |
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Someone got into mommy's lipstick |
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SO excited for his first overnight at Mimi and Papa's |
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Cousins |
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Girls shopping day |
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Hanging with the girls |
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Preston's sweet TK class learning about Thanksgiving |
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Bath time=Fun |
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Preston had a pretty big fall and got quite the goose egg |
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Celebrating Steph's birthday |
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Mommy's girl- Aunt Steph and cousin Vivi |
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Playtime |
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They love each other so much |
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Preston as "Giving Wolf" in their TK Thanksgiving program |
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So glad Mimi and Papa could be there to see the show! |
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Preston was thankful this year for his family |
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Pops made it in to help us put up the tree |
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Kelsey is helping decorate |
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Preston loves putting up the tree |
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Daddy has fun finding the lights that aren't working HA! |
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It is the most wonderful time of the year! |
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Loving the lights |
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In aww |
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Hanging with Pops |
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We went to San Angelo for Thanksgiving and got to spend some time with my brothers family |
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Drew fried a turkey |
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The cousins had a blast! |
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Pops and his BIG kids |
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Crashed out |
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Like father, like son |
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Preston adores his cousins |
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Our Christmas tree |
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Now for Thanksgiving with the Mota's at Steph and Gene's for Vivi's 1st Thanksgiving. Mimi and her girls |
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Cousins |
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Mimi and Kelsey |
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Preston and Papa playing |
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The cooks |
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My sweet crew |
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Stephanie, Gene and Vivian on her 1st Thanksgiving |
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Mimi, Papa and their grandbabies |
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The kids table |
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Silly one! |
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The whole crew |
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Holidays means we get to see friends from out of town! Hanging with Z and Nikki |
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Snuggles |
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Our sassy little sister |
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Nana got some time to come visit! |
DECEMBER 2015
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Jingles and Bells came back for another year of fun! |
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We learned how to make butter with Nana |
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Preston was thrilled to see Santa this year, Kelsey...not so much |
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Gingerbread house time! |
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Hard at work |
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We adopted our angels this year, the kids enjoyed picking stuff out for them |
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Family tradition-Give back |
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My crazy crew |
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Sweet babes |
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Night out with mom. We went to see Elf the musical |
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Playing with my girl |
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Making pralines with mom |
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Nana is making her famous pralines |
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Enjoying a warm fire |
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Family trip to the Gaylord with the Mota crew |
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Stephanie, Gene and Vivi taking in the sites |
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Love this family |
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Cutie patootie |
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Cousins |
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Sledding with Papa |
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Preston had a blast! |
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More fun with daddy |
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Sweet snuggly Vivi |
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The Mays Family |
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Mimi, Papa and their grandbabies |
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Family fun photo opp |
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Our little sweeties |
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Preston's Christmas program "Hi Mom!" |
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Sweetest little angel ever |
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Proud little sister |
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Isn't he handsome?! |
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Preston's adorable TK class at Sunshine Kids |
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They had their silly moments too |
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Mommy ready to play elf this Christmas season |
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The first gift arrives! |
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Kids loving their arcade table from Nana |
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Time to go ice skating |
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Precious little snow bunny |
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He is ready to skate |
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Family fun |
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Daddy and Kelsey |
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Mommas boy |
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Christmas Eve with mom |
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Chtristmas Eve with Dad |
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Ready to go wait for Santa |
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We've got to go feed the reindeer before bed! |
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And set out cookies and milk for Santa |
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SANTA CAME!! |
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AND WE CAUGHT A PIC OF HIM! |
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Coming to see their goodies |
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Preston is SO excited |
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Kelsey is thrilled |
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She's driving! |
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So happy Nana was with us to celebrate |
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Our happy family |
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Stockings |
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More presents |
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Crazy bunch |
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We love Nana |
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A snapshot of the day |
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Aunst Stephie, Uncle Gene and Vivi |
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The Mota/Mays Families |
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Love my fam! |
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Thankful to celebrate with Mimi and Papa |
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My boy |
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Opening presents for Vivi |
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Sweet cousins |
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Wrestling time with daddy and Papa |
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What a fun day! |
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Love these two |
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Another Christmas with The Workmans |
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Drew and mom |
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Drew, mom and I |
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Cousins |
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Christmas dinner |
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Nana and her grandbabies Riley, Kaylin, Kinley, Preston and Kelsey |
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Our crazy crew |
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The kids and grandkids
JANUARY 2016 |
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Preston and Riley are ready to ski |
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My good looking ski partner |
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Bundled up ready for the cold |
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CHEERS to Beaver Creek |
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Sleigh bells ring |
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Warming up by the fire |
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Winterfest |
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Having fun on the gondola |
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Hot chocolate makes everyone happy |
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The kids enjoying the show |
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Happy New Year |
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Ready to ring in the New Year |
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The Workmans |
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Little stud |
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Riley and Aunt Shelly ringing in the New Year |
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The girls |
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Kids having fun on the dance floor |
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Not quite sure what to think of all this |
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Daddy's girl |
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My handsome date |
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These three are ready to ski! |
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Love spending time with this crew |
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Kelsey warming up |
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Beaver Creek |
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Skiing with our big boy |
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Oh what fun! |
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Mom and I |
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Our little family |
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Some favorite moments |
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Partner in crime |
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Cousins |
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Time to go home |
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Kelsey moved to her BIG GIRL bed! |
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Went to visit friend-Harris and Kelsey |
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Kate and Preston |
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Kris and I sharing our favorite place TED'S with the kids |
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Awbrey, Kendall, Kelsey and Preston |
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My favorite people on earth |
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Love |
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Preston and his TK friends had PJ day |
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Kelsey started Pre-school at Brothers school, they were both pretty excited! |
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Preston telling her how great its going to be |
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Our big girl is ready |
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She's got a great example to follow |
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On January 15th we celebrated our 11 year anniversary |
FEBRUARY 2016
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My family spoiled me on my birthday |
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I got to spend the evening with all of my favorite people |
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These two are my world |
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And so thankful for this good looking daddy that completes my world |
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Wishing BIG |
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Celebrating our favorite guy |
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Good times with family |
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The whole crew was there to celebrate Stephen's birthday |
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Happy birthday daddy |
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These are special times |
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They LOVE their daddy |
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I do too! |
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Got in a little date night to Bridges Over Madison County |
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Opening his Valentine's from us |
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Opening her Valentine's from us |
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Valentine's Day with my little loves |
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Snuggling with my love bugs |
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I couldn't love this bunch more! |
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Kelsey's turning 2! |
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Happy birthday pretty girl, you've made our family complete! |
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Daddy's Little Girl |
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Fun day out at the zoo to celebrate with family |
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Riding the elephants |
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They had a Lego exhibit at the zoo that was amazing |
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Choo choo! |
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Big girl playing |
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Capturing the moment |
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SILLY ONE! |
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The gifts did not disappoint |
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Preston started basketball |
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Causing trouble in Cabelas ;) |
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Ready for her party |
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LOVE this! Watching the set up for Kelsey's party |
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Ready for our little farm party |
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So excited about the animals |
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Lovin it |
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Feeding the goat |
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Preston feeding a pig |
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Three of my favorite women |
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The girls |
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Nana holding a bunny for Kelsey |
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Luke, Hunter and Preston |
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Kelsey and her little friend Evie from preschool |
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She loved the bunny |
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Their might be bunnies in our future |
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Vivi also liked the bunnies |
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Daddy is so much fun! |
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Happy birthday Kelsey |
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She loved the cake |
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Farm cake |
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Aunt Stephie, Uncle Gene, Vivi, Mimi and Papa all came to celebrate |
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Opening presents |
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Coming to an end |
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What a party! |
MARCH 2016
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Sweeties ready for school pictures |
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They love each other so much |
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She showed up wearing the same shirt!
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Kris and Kyle came to visit |
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Fun |
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Always a good time |
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Got to love letting loose with good friends |
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We had some fun at Great Wolf Lodge |
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Cuties |
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They loved it |
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Jammie time |
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Our little basketball star |
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Mimi and Papa came to check out our new patio lights daddy put up |
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Kelsey and Mimi |
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At his basketball ceremony |
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Got to go enjoy a Mavs game with daddy |
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Great seats |
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And a new ball! |
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Daddy is THE BEST |
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Our little indian |
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Ready for St. Patrick's Day |
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Mommy and daddy are too |
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The Workman's made it! |
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Cousin time is the best time! |
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Fun at Top Golf |
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Good looking bunch of kiddos |
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Our Top Golf crew for the day |
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Cousins at Great Wolf Lodge |
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Photo Opp |
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We loved it! |
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Such a great family place |
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The kids loved the beach |
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Then it was time to hit the road again
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We headed up to Richmond where we stayed at the Jefferson |
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and had a fabulous brunch |
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After traveling and stopping in Charleston, we stopped by the White House |
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We made it all the way to NYC! This is the Empire State Building |
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Wall Street |
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Times Square
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Vivi turned 1! Such a cute Raggedy Ann party |
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Happy 1st birthday sweetie! |
JUNE 2016
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Waving bye to daddy as he goes to work and we enjoy Summer...thanks dad! |
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Kelsey loves Buddy |
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Crazy hair day at VBS |
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Crazy hair don't care |
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Giggly goose |
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Crazy hat day at VBS |
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They stick together |
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They performed on stage and did GREAT! |
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My little singer/dancers |
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Cave Quest |
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Daddy telling bedtime stories |
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Preston and Kelsey enjoying a summertime slumber party in brothers room |
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Happy Father's Day to the BEST DADDY EVER |
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So much love |
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Good times |
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Mimi and her girls |
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Celebrating this Father, the Best! |
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Kelsey, mommy, Nana and Mimi |
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The dads and their kiddos |
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Papa celebrating Father's Day |
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Kids opening presents for Papa |
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Made a trip to visit my dad as well. Pops with the kids |
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Pop's garden |
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Pops teaching Preston a thing or two about gardening |
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Relaxing in the hammock |
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We all loved it |
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Great visit |
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Steve and I even found time to relax |
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Kids are napping! |
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So nice |
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Ended with a fun Father's Day dinner |
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A little Mother/son date day with my boy, dinner and a movie |
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A little science fun! |
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Pop! |
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Bubbles |
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My girl and her dolls
JULY 2016
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What shall we do?! |
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Let the party begin |
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Little Italy |
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Today show while Stephen did a little work at the World Trade Center |
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Clubbin at Tao |
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Show time- Kinky Boots
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So fun |
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Central Park |
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So pretty |
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Central Park |
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The BIG APPLE |
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Cheers to a good trip |
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Fun at Little Ninjas |
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Bye daddy, wish you could stay and not go to work |
AUGUST 2016
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We got to babysit Vivi. They enjoyed some cousin time |
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Storytime |
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Playing in daddy's closet |
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Cheese |
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Playing at the pool enjoying our last bit of summer |
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Kelsey doing a little yoga with mommy |
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Mommy and me Yoga |
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Pierce's bday party |
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Preston and Kelsey sliding |
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Fearless |
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And sassy |
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Playing in mommy's closet |
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Snowcone time |
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Chapel Creek Ranch-Where they keep the horses from Medieval Times |
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The pretty horses |
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Playing with daddy |
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Mimi and Papa |
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Stephen and mom |
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Got in a little chess with dad |
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Buddy went swimming |
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snuggle bugs |
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Love |
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Fun playing |
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Kelsey's 1st day of dance |
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So cute |
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And excited |
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Kidnap breakfast with TK |
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Last TK get together before Kindergarten |
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Family walk |
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Neighborhood pond looked pretty |
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My boys |
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Life is good |
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Our neighbors went for a walk with us |
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Play date with Lillie Grace |
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Preston and Pierce acting silly |
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Babe's Chicken |
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Good times |
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A little hot chocolate in August |
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Best friends |
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Family night at Medieval Times |
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Our brave knight |
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Medieval Times with friends |
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Ripley's Believe it or Not |
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Fun at Ripley's |
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We all enjoyed the mirror maze
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Meet the teacher |
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Mrs. Naber, Preston's Kindergarten teacher |
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I can't believe its time for my big boy to be in Kindergarten! (tears) |
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Kelsey ready for her meet the teacher in Preschool |
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Mrs. Lesley |
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Mrs. Jamie |
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Our cousins got to visit for one last summer hoorah |
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Riley, Kelsey, Preston and Kaylin (Kinley was napping) |
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We ate with bears! |
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The kids were fascinated |
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Pretty cool |
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Train ride to take a break from back to school shopping |
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More cousin fun at Jump Zone |
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A little evening sparkler fun too |
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Kinley and Kelsey are big buddies
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The first day of Kindergarten has arrived |
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He is SO excited! |
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We are holding back our tears! |
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SO big |
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Me and my big boy! |
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Daddy and his son |
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Kelsey is so proud of big brother and wants to go to school with him! |
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Walking like a such a big boy into his first day of Kindergarten |
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Made it to the classroom |
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His annual board
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Preston turned 6!
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Celebrating with the family at Legoland |
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Stylin in our glasses |
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They sang to him at Rainforest Cafe |
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Always fun at Legoland |
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AND a cookie cake
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Excited for his birthday party |
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Ready for some Pancakes in pajamas |
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The balloon animals were a hit |
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Such a sweet group of friends |
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Having a blast |
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Love these little ones |
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But look how big he's getting! New bike from Mimi and Papa |
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Sweet family
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Watching the magic show |
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Quick pic with daddy |
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Kelsey loving on Vivi |
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Mommy's little girl |
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Stud |
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Neighbor boys (and Kelsey) |
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Neighbors: Jake, Preston, Kelsey, Caroline, Pierce and Lillie Grace |
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Preston, Pierce and Jake |
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Finished the Lego castle Nana got him the next day! |
SEPTEMBER 2016
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Kelsey's 1st day of school in the 2's class |
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She was so excited to start |
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Precious girl |
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She is in the Penguins class |
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Big girl wanted to carry all of her stuff by herself |
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Proud daddy |
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She brought flowers for her teachers |
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Excited to start the school year |
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Preston started tennis |
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Such a stud |
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He did fantastic |
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I'm a lucky lady to call this one mine! Love him! |
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Stephen took a work trip on the private jet to NYC. We were happy to have him back home! |
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Kelsey loves taking her babies for walks in the neighborhood |
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And playing on her playground at school before school |
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Football season with these cute cheerleaders |
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More fun on the school playground |
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Kindergarten wipes this kiddo out! He is SO big! |
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We took a trip to OKC to visit college friends. Love seeing these kids grow |
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Super dads while the mommas catch up! |
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Love her! |
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Enjoying some of the last warm days |
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Who said summer needs to come to an end?!
OCTOBER 2016 |
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Cuties ready for school |
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Love these Lil Aggies |
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Daddy reading bedtime stories |
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Pumpkin patch fun |
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Cute lil punkin |
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Had a hard time getting pics of these two this year |
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But they had fun! |
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We launched our business in October! |
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Our house turned into a crate factory |
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PK's Craft Crates- Brings Bible stories to life through crafts and inspirational messages |
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Good dogs, Buddy and Izzy |
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This girl LOVES being outside and playing with daddy |
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Kelsey had dress up day at dance |
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Pretty princess |
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Her costume she wanted (a monkey) hadn't come in yet, so she had to wear Cinderella |
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She made a beautiful princess at her school parade |
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Mommy and her princess |
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Preston had crazy hair day at school |
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Carving pumpkins |
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Always fun |
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They were such big helpers |
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Proud of their pumpkins |
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Best family selfie we could get |
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It's Halloween party time! Preston was The Rock |
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We even dressed up. Stephen was a chick magnet and I was It's raining men |
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And Kelsey's monkey costume came in! Isn't she cute?! |
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We had the neighbors over for a little party. Preston, Pierce and Jake |
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All of our cute little girls- Kelsey, Vivian, Caroline, Annabelle, Collins and Lillie Grace |
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The boys |
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Costume started coming off and kids started winding down |
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My favorite end of night picture...all the boys (and Kelsey) with their shirts off |
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On Halloween Preston had Groovy Day at school |
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He was pretty groovy |
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Kels got to join in the fun too |
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Peace boys |
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Just a couple of hippies |
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Happy Halloween from the Rock and our lil monkey |
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Fun |
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Vivian and Kelsey got a nice little ride around the neighborhood |
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Part of our trick-or-treating crew |
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Preston did a fun run and ran 32 laps! |
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Super fast! |
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Finish line selfie |
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Playing at Vivi's house |
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Cheering for the Aggies |
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We also celebrated Nana's birthday in October |
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Uncle Julio's pinata |
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Everyone enjoys this dessert |
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Happy birthday Nana |
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Family trip to the State Fair |
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Big Tex
NOVEMBER 2016 |
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A little Father/Son time |
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Ready for picture day at school |
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But first a kissy face selfie with mom |
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Kelsey had an observation day at dance |
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She did great |
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And had so much fun! |
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Mommy was proud |
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Daddy and Preston shootin cans with my grandpas BB gun, wish he was here too |
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Another visit with great friends |
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Yes, water balloons in November. Only in Texas |
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Buddy, such a good dog |
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I went up and decorated doors for the Kindergarten classes. Frosty is our theme |
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And we spent time decorating our Christmas tree |
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I love these little elf's |
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Stephen and I got to attend Kelsey's Thanksgiving Feast at school |
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Kelsey's sweet little Penguin class |
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She wanted to keep the pumpkin photo prop |
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She said she was thankful for, "my mommy and daddy" |
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Preston had Grandparents Day at school for their Thanksgiving Feast |
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Pretty lucky guy to have Mimi, Papa and Nana there for it! |
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Thankful for family
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Family road trip to Colorado |
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Almost there, our favorite Starbucks |
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We made it to Beaver Creek |
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First family dinner at The Dusty Boot |
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Mimi, Papa and their 3 grandkids |
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Family Mountain time |
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Leo, Ina and Vivi |
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Chasing the little ones |
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Little buddies |
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Happy to have made it |
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Cheers |
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Ready to play in the snow |
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Cousins all bundled up |
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Our cute snow bunny |
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Hey good lookin |
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Our happy place |
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The little ones loving the snow |
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Uncle Gene, Aunt Steph and Vivi |
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Preston sledding |
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Daddy sledding |
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Papa sledding |
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Family sledding race-Boys won in speed, girls won in distance |
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Warming up by the fire |
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Enjoying the view of the mountains |
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Stephen was thrilled he got to show his parents this place |
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3 generations warming up by the fire |
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Vivi's first time in the snow |
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Having fun in the snow
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Thanksgiving Day- Couldn't be more thankful for this family |
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Thanksgiving Dinner at the Golden Eagle Inn Beaver Creek |
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Just a girl and her baby, sitting by the fire |
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Preston won a Santa hat!
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Mimi and Papa enjoying the fire and live music |
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Preston and Papa got to play a little chess
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Opening Day at Beaver Creek! Ready to hit the slopes! |
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Ready for day one of skiing |
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To the top! |
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Stud |
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Having fun |
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Our little skier |
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Top of the mountain |
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Bliss |
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Love this place |
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Skiing with this guy...lucky me! |
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Eating at the top of the mountain with this cutie
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Mimi and Papa made it to the top of the mountain! |
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Looking good! |
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Our lunch crew at the top of the mountain |
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Going back to the top with this crazy crew |
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Best attempt at a family photo top of the mountain |
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CHEESE! |
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Fun day! |
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Gondola fun |
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Time for s'mores!
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The tree lighting was amazing as always, complete with Santa, ice skating and fireworks |
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Kelsey is excited for another day |
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Ready for some more skiing |
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Photo opp with my love
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Couldn't love this man more |
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Our skiing group Cheers! |
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Taking it all in |
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We spotted Preston and his instructor skiing down the mountain! |
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Then he got to go ski with mom and dad |
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Daddy and Preston skiing together |
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Proud parents-Preston is a great little skier |
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Snuggles with my big boy! |
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More sledding |
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And fun in the snow |
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And then it was time to go
It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
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We went to build gingerbread houses at Preston's school |
Our family Christmas pictures
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Preston received the REACH award at school (Respect, Encourage, Appreciate, Communicate and Honor) |
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Sister was very proud of her brother |
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Nana, Mimi and Papa were all there to cheer for his accomplishment |
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We couldn't be more proud of the big boy you are becoming!
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Everyone was super excited to see Santa until we got to the front of the line! Preston and Kelsey both talked about how much they loved Santa all the way there and then once we got up there Kelsey said, "I don't like Santa!" haha Preston was a big boy and told Santa what both he and Kelsey wanted for Christmas. |
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Managed to get a family shot without tears |
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Sweet hugs, I bet they'll make the good list this year! |