New Years Eve, Goodbye 2017, Hello 2018

We got home around 6:00 pm from our amazing NYC trip and quickly changed and went over to David and Heidi's for a cookout.  The kids had fun playing together and shooting off fireworks and the adults enjoyed catching up.  We had a fun evening!

Goodbye 2017...we have made lots of memories this year and had many fun times but we had some sadness too.   Hello 2018, we pray for a blessed year full of good times, good memories made with family and friends and good health for all throughout the coming year!

December Misc.

hat day for Marlee and an "I'm sleepy" day for Karsyn

Marlee's 1st grade school pictures :)

sweet friends with a play date after school

We love having JOY in our lives!

the girls love when Daddy takes them to get milkshakes at the Gate station.

I just love our Christmas tree!

Sunday School Christmas party

We got the girls Sunday School teachers poinsettias for Christmas and went ahead and took them to them at church this morning so they can enjoy them all month long!

catching butterflies

Christmas pictures in Ms. Maibach's class :)

school ready

The girls love to help me fold laundry and I love it too!

bright morning smiles

first running club today and she loved it!

Dress like your Mom or Dad night at Awana...Karsyn was Mommy and Marlee was Daddy!

cute crafts that Karsyn has been making at school

Santa Facetimed us!

a yummy afternoon snack with sweet couisns

I love to see Marlee learning such good stuff at school!

Harry Havery concert at CTE!

cute ornaments Karsyn made for our tree at school

GiGi and I went shopping in Sarasota today and stopped for brunch and Mimosa's too!

iReady math fun at home

new shoes for these two

playdate at Aunt Bonny's

Marlee found some new glasses at The Dollar Tree and really wanted them.  She wore them for a day and then was over them! LOL!

Marlee making ornaments in class with her friends!

Ellie has been so cold and the girls found her a jacket and wrapped it up for her!

She was supposed to wait until Christmas but didn't so she had to write the girls an apology letter and let them know how much she loved it!

Marlee loves to take her AR tests at school!

One of the cutest ornaments I have ever seen!

1st Grade did Christmas Around the World and learned about ways different countries celebrate Christmas in other 1st grade classrooms.  She loved it!

They love to feed this sweet deer in the morning before school.  It is a doe and she comes up by herself almost every morning and she is so friendly!

Karsyn's school work.

I am so thankful for these two friends!

Running club friends!

Awana Christmas party!

My birthday dinner with Kristy at Faded!

We are so sad to see Ellie go bye bye tonight! :(

Christmas swimming in the lake with Aunt Mollie and Rebekah!

The girls love playing with Emory!

Mrs. Courtney is the BEST! 

We love when Margaret brings crafts over that she has made for us!