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This is the time of year when I start stressing. I mean, Thanksgiving is over so that means we all just start standing in a traffic jam of stress: get…
This is the time of year when I start stressing. I mean, Thanksgiving is over so that means we all just start standing in a traffic jam of stress: get…
Before Santa leaves, he drops off the stockings at the foot of each of the kid’s beds.That way they can open them and kill a little time before they wake…
We usually spend a chunk of time at Dave’s parents’ house on Christmas Eve. We love getting a chance to spend with the cousins in the midst of all the…
Santa paid a visit to our house on Christmas Eve. Even after all the fighting and squabbling these kids did this year, Santa must have thought they were pretty good…
Back at our house:The kids give their gifts to each other on Christmas Eve. And I know I sound like a broken record when I say this, but it’s my…
…The part where we had dinner at Nana & Papa’s house.With a whole slew of cousins…(Six of Dave’s eight siblings were in town.)(Lucy decided which family she’d like to be…
From our family to yours…
I love my in-laws. All eight-gazillion of them (there are a LOT …especially if you count my side AND Dave’s side each with nine kids as “base”). But today I’m…
We liked Christmas over here.Especially since it started at 7:45. Dave woke up at 7:30 and told me that was the first time in his whole life that he’s been…