December 20, 21, 23, 24 Advent fun!

Neighborhood walk! The kids love leaving candy canes on our neighbors doors to thank them for their beautiful lights!

Donovan LOVES the basketball court these days =)

I had so much fun styling the shelves for Christmas! I was thrilled to find the bottle brush trees in just the right colors in the Target dollar spot, plus the lights are so nice! I also made stockings for the Martin’s since we got to have them for Christmas so the JOY stocking holder actually got to hold stockings again!

December 23rd, more crafts! I found these ceramic polar bears in the Target dollar spot too =) Maia gave hers to Papa for Christmas.

Serenity made these awesome GIANT snowflakes! They were absolutely perfect additions to the decorations, especially once we added the Christmas present surprise!

Tina sent these adorable baby animals (and a donation to the WWF) for us for Christmas! The kids loved them, especially since she happened to pick animals that they had larger versions of, so they all got babies! Maia named her baby Periwinkle, to go with her penguin Perry. Donovan named his wolf cub Easton to go with Westley his wolf. Serenity named hers Snowball to go with Snowy. And Eric got a bunny!

Ann sent the kids these darling clothes from the Tea Collection! Cali Christmas fun!!!!

Maia adores cooking with Sasha! And Sasha is much better at it than I am! =)

The Martin’s shared one of their Christmas Traditions with us, Gifts from the Heart! They have a special box that carried their rings at their wedding, and they whisper something they’d like to give someone into the box, and then give them the box and tell them what they plan! We had lots of wonderful gifts, like game days, and ice cream trips, and other wonderful things to do together! I love it!!

I think Maia promised me a pokewalk =)