I sure loved having all my girls home for Christmas, I just wished we would have had a little more time together where everyone was well, and the weather was better. Maybe we’ll just have to start planning regular girl’s get-togethers! I also appreciate Brittney and Sean flying here for the holidays! It was so nice spending time with them, even though they were battling colds. Sean felt under-the-weather most of the time, and Sean and Brittney had to take…
We finally got together one more time with the Holts, on New Year’s Eve, before all of our kids left to their various homes across the U.S. Finley enjoyed playing with the Holt’s cats, and Mason’s fun toys under the tree! We loved eating Rex’s traditional New Year’s Eve queso dip and chips, and my peach cobbler and Blue Bell ice cream. Brittney and Wesley attempted to get Finley and Mason together, but they weren’t having any of it! At…
We have an exact replica of Noah’s Ark in Williamstown, Kentucky, about 30 miles from where we live. The great thing about Christmas-time is we can see the Christmas lights for free, except for parking. One evening, between Christmas and New Year’s, we took Brittney, Sean, Finn, and Aubrey, (Merinda and Raul were still feeling under-the-weather) to experience the Ark Encounter lights (not quite Temple Square or Thanksgiving Point in Utah, but probably the closest thing to it in KY)….
It was great having most of the kids home for Christmas this year, unfortunately Breck and Iris were unable to come because it was too close to Iris’ due date, but we are grateful for the time we were able to spend with Breck and Iris when they came for Thanksgiving! Christmas morning was just like the good-old-days, the stuffed stockings were placed around the living room (since Santa Clause was so generous this year we had to use our…
We had a busy Christmas Eve day, mainly because it was Sunday, and our Sundays are always crazy. So our traditional candle-light Christmas Eve dinner was actually lunch instead. Even though we didn’t eat our meal under the glow of candle-light, the food was still good, actually, it was better than good… We decided to changed the menu up a bit this year. Instead of our traditional ham and company potatoes, Brad made mouth-watering brisket he cooked on the Traeger,…
Over Christmas break we had a baby shower for Aubrey, it was the perfect time for us since Molly and Christina were in town, but unfortunately Aubrey’s friend Lizzy could not make it due to sick kids. Considering all the bugs and busy time of year, Aubrey and I really appreciate everyone who was able to come and celebrate baby Garrido! Merinda and I were in charge with much input from Aubrey. Meri made and posted the announcement, Aubrey chose…