In addition to a wonderful Christmas, countdown leading up to it, and trip to New York, we had a few other fun things going on this month. Here's some of that activity.
We always have a fun little countdown calendar for December. Ours was from Sugarfina this year, and we couldn't resist getting Decker one from Bark.
We had a ton of new ornaments this year (18 in all, I believe), so I couldn't even put a collage together or put them all on here. I picked my favorite one which is from Park Guell; it's made to look like all the Gaudi tile pieces.
Ryan and I enjoyed a date night to Hamp & Harry's one evening. At Christmas it becomes totally Home Alone themed, so I knew we had to try it. This was the outside window, but the inside was completely decked out. The menu has all sorts of items with names that are funny plays on the movie. I had the Kevin's Bolognese and Ryan had the You're Such a Little Jerk chicken.
The school has a "dress like a teacher" day each December. How fun that Calvin Edwards dressed up like, hat and all?! He looked so adorable. The teachers also dress up like students, so Ryan chose to dress up like Mia so he could wear a great hoodie.
Lily set up some wrapping paper and managed to get Decker to stick his head through. He doesn't look thrilled with this, but it's pretty cute!
The girls' classes both had their Progressive Dinners to enjoy one evening.
Mia's class decided to go casual and fun.
Lily's class opted to dress up a little bit (and let Addie Johnson join in while they were at the Johnson house).
Hard to believe this is Lily and Avery's last Stonehaven Christmas concert!
The girls went to Build A Bear soon after Christmas using the gift card Lily gave to Mia as a gift. They made Bluey and Bingo from the cute show "Bluey." Now Lily can take hers to college and Mia's can stay here, and they'll be able to keep them near as a sweet reminder of each other.
We headed down to Florida a couple of days to spend time with Grandpops and Grandma Jan. It was so nice to have time together again. We had a lot of fun with their two little pups, Pip and Rex, too!
Before getting on the boat.
We enjoyed a very nice boat ride one beautiful afternoon.
We are so thankful for wonderful grandparents!
Decker's right; it's been a tiring (though fantastic) month.
And just like that, another year has come to a close. I always enjoy making a little collage of some highlights from the year.
At the end of year, it's always nice to take time to reflect on the previous year. Our family is so incredibly blessed. We've made memories near and far. We're healthy. We have so much to be thankful for, and we look forward with anticipation to 2025!
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