We are finally home and the house is eerily quiet. We have had a wonderful 7 days with family and have seen most everyone we love. Here is the low down of our holiday in picture perfect fashion.
Abbey's Birthday- we had a lovely breakfast to celebrate the birth of Abbey! We celebrated a few days early on the 24th so we could all be together. She wanted my friend's Dana Italian Cream Cake-so I made it! Abbey loved it and her I touch I pod- she was a happy girl getting to be with her family.
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| Abbey, Justin, and Hudson |
Off to church we all went. We had the annual Christmas Pickup pageant as part of the service and Connor and I watched it from upstairs at Kirk was ushering. The angels all ran the wrong direction and it was so funny to see them all from that perspective. Most importantly we celebrated the birth of Baby Jesus. We spent the rest of the night enjoying our family and watching It's a Wonderful Life! I did cook a Turkey Dinner with all the trimmings! Justin joined us for Christmas this year and he is such a blessing to Abbey and the entire family.
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| Brooke, Travis, and Hudson- such a sweet family |
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| Kirk and Connor at St. Mattts! Both so handsome! |
Christmas Day- Hudsons' first Christmas. Brooke and Travis spent time with us and we so enjoyed them. Hudson is very precious and beginning to crawl and stand up. He loved what Santa brought him. There is nothing like have a baby around Christmas Morning! We had a quick breakfast and Skyped with Jeremy, Luci. Finley, and Carter in Oklahoma.
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| Santa left toys for Hudson! |
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| Christmas morning enjoying Baby's first Christmas! |
Off to Dallas- Kirk, Connor, and I drove to Dallas On Christmas day to spend time with Debbie and Ross and Debbie's family. We had an awesome lunch and really enjoyed seeing everyone. We had seen Kirk's mother and older brother Stephen a few days before Christmas and took them the best gift of all- baby Hudson. Kirk's mom had never seen him!
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| Smith boys! |
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| Kirk's mom at 86- what a lot of "spunk" |
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| Loving baby Hudson! |
We then went to my sister's house for dinner and saw my parents ( somehow I missed a picture of them this year) and had a lovely time with her family.
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| The Cardona's- Ellen is an awesome hostess and Gabe makes the best turkey ever! |
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| This is my favorite picture of my parents! |
The next morning off to Oklahoma to see Finely for her birthday! She kept saying she was two, but she was three! Jeremy. Kirk, and Connor left the next day for San Diego to attend the holiday bowl. Luci and I decided not to attend as the trip was too short and we were all exhausted from Christmas. We stayed at home and played with the kids. You can see we had a great time!
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| The birthday girl! |
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| Playing at Unplugitts |
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| Finley dressing up as Rapunzel- she hated the hair |
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| She likes her cowboy hat better! |
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| Carter is the cutest little boy! |
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| Loving on her Pops! |
So we are home now as of a few hours ago and have picked up our puppies. Connor is out with friends and Kirk and I are trying to get up off the couch and see what there is for dinner. We had an awesome holiday and have so much to be thankful for. May the New year bring you peace, joy, and lots of time with family- because that is what it is all about!
Count Your Blessings,
Bella
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