Day 52/365: So Strong

Day 52/365

Well we've all been taking turns being sick around here, and hopefully we're all better now. Just in time for Christmas. 

Today is Sunday, and normally on Sunday we try to do things a little differently. We don't play soccer or football. We don't ride bikes, or go sledding. And usually we wouldn't play in the snow. Sundays are usually reserved for visiting family and friends, and spending quality time together as a family playing games, reading books, and just enjoying each other. 

But every once in a while it's fun to break the rules. Today we did. As soon as we got home from church I got my kids dressed in their snow pants and boots and let them go outside and play. We didn't even change them out of their sunday clothes! They had a blast, and it gave me some much needed peace and quiet as they shoveled snow, built a snowman, and had a snowball with their dad. 

In this picture my son is showing me how incredibly strong he is by holding up his shovel full of snow. :) 

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Day 40/365: So Behind

Day 40/365

It's getting a little ridiculous how behind I am. I was doing well enough until this last week hit. My sister got married and things got crazy around here. 

On top of it I got super sick for a few days, and I left my computer at my in-laws. So add all that up, and well, now you know why it goes from 30 something to day 40. 

But I like the phrase "Start where you are, make the best of whatever" so that's what I'm planning on doing.

So here we are Day 40 of 365. This is a picture of my nativity set. I love this set! Something about it is so lovely to me. I add to it every year. 

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Also, if anybody has tips on noise reduction I would LOVE them. 

34/365:Train tradition

34/365

When I was little my dadd started a new family tradition. He bought a train and each year added on to it. 

Part of the magic of Christmas morning was hearing the clickity-clack of the train circling the tree. Santa usually even built tunnels for the train with presents. 

When I got married my dad gave my husband and I our first train set. We set it up every year and are beginning to add to it and continue the tradition with our own kids. 

I'm pretty sure that it's their favorite part of Christmas.

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Days 33/365: Christmas Lights.

Day 33/365

(I tried to post yesterday, but couldn't for the life of me get anything to work at all. So I gave up. I will however get day 32 posted eventually.)

So this is my baby sister. And that is my husband's best friend. 

I set them up years ago, and now they are getting married. Just call me Yenta. :) 

This shot was after their official shoot was over. I saw them walking back to their car and grabbed them for this shot. I think it turned out rather well. I feel like the white balance is a bit off though. But not enough to completely take away from the picture. 

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Day 31/365

Day 31/365

Ok I'm a little...a lot behind. In fact, I'm more behind than I thought I was. But I do have all the pictures, I just have to post them. I'll get mostly caught up eventually. 

One of the reasons I'm not caught up/falling behind is because "me time" has become "we time" pretty much every night. 

Every parent knows what I mean. That heavenly time at night where the kids are asleep and you can just sit and eat a bowl of ice cream without sharing and watch something other than the disney channel. 

But every once in a while one (or more) of your kids decide that they can't sleep and you end up hanging out with them until 11pm or later watching disney channel and not eating that bowl of ice cream you were dreaming about all day. 

That's me tonight. So to entertain ourselves and take a break from Mickey Mouse we took pictures of the Christmas Tree. :)

These are basically unedited. It's 11pm and I didn't feel like taking the time to do all that extra work right now. 

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