Holiday happenings!

Such a fun, but busy, time of year! This very-pregnant mommy is still recovering from it all, it seems...I want to document some of the activities had during the month of December.

We had Breakfast with Santa at our church, and Jameston did great! He had fun with the carols and crafts as well

And then we tried having Blake sit in Santa's lap. You can see how well that went, ha!

 We did not get professional pictures this year, and I'm kinda glad because I don't think Blake would've even been in the picture, ha!

We DID however mail our letters to Santa at the Macy's mailbox, which has become an annual tradition. They double the postage and donate it to a children's organization. The boys loved it!

Jameston was in not one but two Christmas programs this year. Here is a pic from the one at our church, where he was a star :-)

He was also in one at his "school." They performed four songs, one with sign language and one in Spanish. So fun! We treated him to ice cream afterwards :-)

We tried our hand at a gingerbread house this year. What a mess, but they boys had fun. Next year, I will be  making two :-)

We try our best to instill the real meaning of Christmas to our boys. Through our church we helped provide a family and their 7 year-old-boy some things for Christmas and gave him clothes and toys. Jameston really got into it but had a hard time not wanting some of the items for himself. So, I thought we would good for us to tag along with some of our church members to deliver the bags of presents to the needy families. After that, he seemed to have understood the real reason for the season.
We traveled a lot over the holidays, and the boys were troopers thank goodness! Between Thanksgiving and New Year's, we went on four different trips, for a total over 1,800 miles. Phew!
My dad was put in the hospital on December 22nd for blood sugar issues, and he was in there until Christmas day :-( He is feeling much better now, and we praise the good Lord above for the treatment he received. We went to visit him on Christmas Eve night

So thankful for these three boys and the little sibling who is on his/her way!

Such a wonderful time of year we had with these two! Can't wait until there's three next year :-) 

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