Christmas season always starts the weekend after Thanksgiving with the Christmas parade (maybe on paper … but Christmas tree may have already been up before Thanksgiving)
This year we were at the very front of where the parade starts and got more candy than any parade we have ever been to combined!
Elvis made his return bringing candy advent calendars….
… and a welcome back note!
Reid usually gets some sort of sickness around this time of year. It always knocks him out, and he always uses at least one whole box of Kleenex by himself.
Kane failed his vision test and had to get glasses!
Boys basketball won the championship beating the undefeated Westwood!
Liam’s Winter band recital
Cougar catwalk!
I had a little procedure middle of the month. I worked hard all year and saved all my cookie money so I rewarded myself!
Pajama party and Gingerbread house contest at the Mitzelfeld‘s house.
Sunday afternoon naps
The boys decorated Christmas cookies for Santa
Christmas at the Campbell’s
Mcwhorter Christmas at Richard and Valerie‘s. If you don’t have an uncle Barry, then I feel bad for you.
Nanny Mack, and all her grands
The whole family
Putting out the reindeer food
Christmas morning we had to wake everybody up to get our day started. Our Christmas morning is really busy.
After we open up our gifts, we went to mom and dad’s to open gifts at their house. Mom and dad got Reid a scooter.
After we leave Mom’s, we go to Ryan parents and do Christmas there
Aunt Maggie and uncle Mark got Reid a Tennessee jersey
Liam was everyone’s gift for Christmas this year
Nana‘s gift to the kids - a new oculus
Learning to play twister
My parents got Liam a keyboard for Christmas
Spending New Years on the couch!
That wraps up 2023! A year full of love and laughter and we get to do it all over again next year! Can't wait to see what all 2024 brings!