Our December has been off to a busy start so far with decorating...
The trees are up
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"My" tree
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Libby, Zack & Tyler's tree
The stockings were hung with care...
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And the parties have begun!!
Friday was Steve's work party which is always a super nice dinner
and Saturday was the traditional Andersen party (all of my mom's extended family)
I remember this being a favorite from childhood...food, basketball, a pinata & gifts. Some things never change... now it's my kids that look forward to it.
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My cute mom still pulled the party together after being sick for 2 weeks before!! We love you mom!!
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Arriving at the party
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Pinata time!!
Look at all of those kids lining up...too bad only 1/2 of them got to take swing before it burst open...
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Tyler got a chance
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An action shot of Zack
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The kids gathering their goods!
Even though the pinata didn't last as long as we would have liked....the boys put it to good use!
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Dallin, John & Josh
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Dallin & John
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Tyler with his favorite cousin "Don"
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and of course I have to post at least one picture of Jazzy & Libby.
And finally Sunday night we decorated a gingerbread house...
Libby & Zack did a nice job.
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By the end of the night Tyler had eaten the pathway....
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But it still looks very cute!!
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We are off to a festive start....with much more still to come!!
2 comments:
It all looks like so much fun. Glad your enjoying the season. We will see you soon.
Your tree looks amazing! You are such a natural at decorating.
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