Is it REALLY Christmas already???

It just seems as though we were wrapping up Thanksgiving and here we are 6 days away from Xmas! There are so many things Rick and I want to do this Christmas season with our girls! From continuing to tell them why we celebrate Christmas, Who it is all about, that it is a time and season to enjoy family and loved ones. We have started building family traditions that I know we will enjoy for years to come. A couple new ones we've started this year are...

- Rick and Alaina attending The Nutcracker

- Building a Gingerbread House (from scratch...it's pretty difficult)

 

- Window Shopping @ Garden Ridge ~ we love that place!

- Watching the Christmas Story while decorating the house! 

Ava 11 Weeks

- Scrapbooking our yearly pic and journaling! 

- Touring Rhema Xmas Lights

As we add to this list for many years to come, I've decided the best way to keep track of what we do, how we do it, and how special it is to us is to create a Scrapbook if you will. So here's a pic of it...

And this is the entrance I've posted for our girls, because this is who I'm making it for ~ so they will always know our traditions, our family values, and most importantly...how they are LOVED!

As I grow older and as my children grow older I'm started to realize how fast time really does fly by and how I HAVE to make the most of every moment. And then record it for them to enjoy later! :) Blessings & Enjoy Reading!

A Season of Thankfulness

Tis' the Season!

So many things to be thankful for around this time of year!

Here are a few highlights of the past two months!

~ Spending Thanksgiving with Mom

~ Dad flying in for Christmas this weekend...

~ Ava being a healthy & easy baby! She started sleeping through the night at 8 weeks!

~ Alaina knows how to spell her name and writes all the letters of her name, just not in sequential order! ;)

~ A wonderful Mother-in-Law & Sister-in-Law who do so much for our family & most importantly - love so much!

~ My brother coming up for Ava's birth - meant so much to me!

~ Joined a BunKo group - the ladies are oh so fun!

~ New found friendships!

~ Our best friends, Ashley & Eric, are engaged!!! We are so happy for them!

~ Got to meet the CUTEST boy baby...Seth Michael Cook, son of BF Stephanie Cook

~ Visit with an old friend from college, Kelly, came to meet Ava and see the girls! A day trip from Texas is not easy, I'm sure!

I hardly have the time to blog but there's so much I want to remember by jotting these thoughts down! Apologies for the bullet list!

Have a blessed day!

Have you jotted down a few things you're thankful for, today?

:)