As much joy as we are feeling right now, it is bittersweet because we have to say see you later to a very special lil family member. Our Elf Lucy! Kenzie asked for Santa for a very special elf to be assigned to our family and indeed he came through last year. She stays at our house for a month long and causes some mischief while she is here - see the former posts! Well today was her last day with us until next Christmas time! She knew we wanted snow and she gave that to us for her last gift this season! Posing for a photo before she goes! ...and away she went! *waves*
We started out early today, the kids wrote their letters to Santa and we walked to the tree farm which is not too far away from our house!! Here we are arriving at the tree lot! The kids were really excited, mostly because they were able to hold the saw! Gattz sang his traditional "I'm a lumberjack" song and the kids did the brotime dance in honor of his dorkiness while I sat and watched all the wrong ways he was cutting the tree down! Somebody had to do that! ...and down it went!! The kids were excited!!! We rushed home, put the tree up but the snow came in and was heavier than earlier, we put our lights up and went inside for some snuggly pj time and read a book to the kids! Such a great night and worth all the numb and sore fingers!!!
We welcomed Lucy back this year, luckily Santa sent her back! Kenzie has been waiting for her a long time now and shes backkkkkk!! I made her promise to be better this year and not cause any kind of floods! So far, so good!!
It is the beginning of the blessed season of Christmas and to start it off just right, our youngest son announced his engagement to our Goddaughter!! They have treated their relationship, very gently, very lovingly and worked very hard (in a good way!) to be at this moment today! We are so very happy and I could not be prouder of them!
We look forward to this expansion in our family with Kara and Giselle! |
AuthorI am a wife to the best husband ever, Gattz Gilman and wear many hats in second life but my favorite one is being a mother to our 3 wonderful children. Archives
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