It's a Christmas Wrap!

I know I haven't been blogging much this month. It has been nice

to step back from the computer a little more and just enjoy

the Christmas season with my family.

Here's what we did this month:

Mr. B just keeps losing his baby teeth~he's got a super-gappy mouth right now:)

We took in a local, musical performance of A Christmas Carol.

The kiddos had fun caroling with our homeschool group at a local nursing home.

Of course, there was the annual "fun" picture with Santa

(we always do the freebie one at Bass Pro).

While we were at the Bass Pro Shop we hung out a little with the Robertsons.

We had tons of fun at our church's Christmas party's photo booth!

The Princess helped me make lots of Christmas goodies.

We loved looking at the local Christmas lights!

Our family had its now-traditional meal at Patti's 1880 Settlement.

We did a little ice skating in Nashville~then grabbed lunch at our fave hot dog joint.

We baked lots of cookies!

Christmas Sunday was a special time at church.

Our children did a wonderful job of telling us all about Christmas at our candlelight service.

We loved sharing devotions each night around our Advent wreath.

There were lots of good times with the grandparents!

We loved having Christmas stocking time together at home!

Our traditional Christmas morning breakfast was amazingly delicious!!

Lots of fun surprises were under (and around!) the Christmas tree.

Vince even had a surprise:)

And so did I! My fave chocolates!

On Christmas Day at my parents' home the kiddos read the Christmas Story to us all.

And a good time was had by all! :)

I hope that your Christmas was also a special time with your family and

that you have an even better New Year!!

*****

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