CHRISTMAS DAY.

I just can't get them to smile in the same picture.

What a busy day!!! If you didn't know, we spent Christmas in Oklahoma City with Dave's family. In the morning we ate french toast and opened presents (of course). In the early afternoon we had a massive steak 'dinner' with Dave's parents, brothers, sister-in-law, nieces, nephew, aunt, uncle, cousin, and two sets of grandparents- whew! Then we played games, chatted, and opened more presents. That evening, we honored Grandmother for her 80th birthday. Everyone wrote her a letter and read it aloud to her. It was so amazing to hear so many stories and other wonderful things about her. After all of that we went to visit with some friends. Like I said, busy, busy... but awesome! We are so fortunate to have such a lovely family to spend peaceful days with.

I hope your day was special too!

- Amanda

THE CHRISTMAS TREE FARM.



Hey Friends! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Today, we went to the Christmas tree farm! We went to the farm that I've been going to for half of my life. Traditions are a big deal around these parts. It was Ethum's first time to go and this is the first Christmas that he's actually excited about. Here's some photos of our day taken with the Instagram app...

'Tis the season!

-Amanda

A PICNIC.

This morning, I made big plans to go the park, have a picnic and play for as long as Avre could manage. I packed us a nice and simple lunch (that I prepared in less than 5 minutes) and we were out the door. As soon as we got to the car I realized that it might rain today (given those clouds overhead). My husband will not be surprised at all to hear that I just said, 'meh', and hopped in the car anyway. Well, just about 3 seconds after the last photo was taken, it started to rain! My first instinct was to run to the car but then realized that meant, a) we wouldn't eat lunch b) I had to gather everything and put it back in the basket c) fasten the basket and d) convince Ethum we should leave, all while holding Avre. So, I decided we would stay since we were doomed to wetness anyway. We didn't even eat any faster than we would if it were sunny. We were sopping wet when it was over but I'd say it was well worth it. 

{fun fact: This tablecloth was given to Dave's grandparents as a wedding gift- pretty cool, right?}

-Amanda