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Putting Christ in Christmas

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   I finally tracked down the sibling photo from Thanksgiving. Love these people so much. 


I really look forward to bunco nights with these ladies. I've become close with all of them these past two years. Such a fun group!

Hudson had so much fun at his preschool Christmas party. It was so hard to wait but the day finally came!






I got some curl bands for the girls and I and it's been so fun to see the cute curls that come from it.

Allie loves her stuffies.


Nate made this crazy pic of Jace with AI. I may have a had a mild heart attack. 


Lydia made this amazing gingerbread house at activity days. Her room smelled like sugar for days.

Lydia and I went with my parents to the Gentry Christmas concert. It was such a beautiful way to start the Christmas season. I love this tradition and it was so fun to have my girl with me. Loren took Lydia to Mat and Savannah Shaw the following week. She loved both concerts.

The girl's school Christmas sing a long was so cute. Each grade sang a song and then Lydia sang a few with the choir. This was Allie's grade and she's the top left. 

Lydia is right in the middle. Her favorite song was Ugly Sweater and she was thrilled to wear one of Kristen's for the event. 

We had a fun Christmas party with Chris and Kristen's family. The kids made a cute nativity!

Christmas Eve finally came! I wasn't going to do jammies this year but I caved and ended up doing it anyway. I didn't even get a picture of all of them but they sure looked cute. 

We had dinner and watched The Muppet Christmas Carol with my parents and Em and Tyson's family. Everyone was so excited!

One of my favorite traditions is when Lydia sets out cookies, or this year brownies, and egg nog for Santa. She and Allie wrote the sweetest notes. Lydia even left a flash light for him. 



Christmas morning! I was terrible at getting pictures, I guess we were just having too much fun. Lydia got a spirograph, a gravitrax marble run, a lego flower arrangement and some books. Allie got a spin art wheel, magic trick box, beads for bracelets, lots of markers and books. Hudson got a bunch of PicassoTiles, a car track, construction dress ups and books. Jace got some magnetic cars, barn animal toys and books. It was a perfect day as we played and enjoyed our time together. I love this family of mine. 






We all got to talk to Todd later that evening. It was so good to see him! 

The day after Christmas we exchanged gifts with the Peck siblings. Loren and Chris made this chess set for Rachel and Jon. It turned out AMAZING. Seriously so beautiful. Sarah got me a Stanley with the kids' names engraved on it. I can be an official Utah mom now! 



Loren wanted to have a recital for our family on his birthday. It turned out beautifully! Loren wanted a chance to perform some organ songs and for family to have a chance perform something they've been working on. Rachel, Lindsay and I sang Love is Christmas by Sarah Barielles. It was so fun to sing with them! 

Chris read a poem.

Landon played the piano.

Lydia sang Sing Me the Stars.

Mom Peck read a poem, Em played the piano and my mom played her flute. I hope we do it again next year because I loved the chance to hear from everyone. It was a great night. 

The next day was my family's Christmas party. We started with the nativity. 





Addy was baby Jesus, it was hilarious. 


My Aunt Laura made this meerkat for Allie. She spent so many hours working on it, it's the cutest thing. What a treasure!




We had a great time together over the next few days. 


We celebrated my mom's birthday with a girls lunch at Olive Garden. It was so good and even better to catch up with these ladies.

Happy birthday, Mom! You're the most perfect mom and Grandma for our family. Can't imagine life without her. 

Although it was such a fun break, we're ready to get back to a schedule and move on with the new year. This past year had its challenges and hard times. I'm grateful for a loving Father in Heaven who knows what we need and how to comfort us. Here's to 2024!

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