Last post for 2024 with a surgery, back to reality and life!

 We are rounding out 2024 and it has been low key and relaxing! We are heading to the beach so this will be my last post of the year! 

WOW, that 2025 is almost here!

We have gotten our home 'back to normal' with all the Christmas decor down.

Aubie had his surgery and is doing well. He hates the cone on his head and I feel pitiful for him that he has to wear it!

But, with taking care of him, cleaning, doing a little shopping and lunch, today, is all that has been on the agenda! Nice! :)

It is sad to take it down but feels great to have it all clean and fresh!

I have read three books while we have been on break and I have enjoyed them all!

Meet Mr. Cone head! He is such a sweet buddy and doing so good despite having to wear that and be confined to the playroom for 14 days. He's a trooper!

Christmas day!

 Once we were up and checked out our little Christmas goodies...

we got cleaned up and headed to Nan and Pawpaw's for Christmas with them!

Merry Christmas with Pawpaw!

Nan and her boy!

Pawpaw loved his pj pants so much he said he would wear them everywhere...including Church! :)

It was a yummy and fun Christmas with this crew!

Merry Christmas from our family!

 Merry merry merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas morning!

 Merry Christmas!

Yeah....just stockings this year!

I mean.....dont let the stockings fool you!

They were loaded with fun things! Including their beloved Sephora (gift card) and announcing our trip to California in March!

Oh...and Soccer wanted to be in the picture!

I would say they had a very Merry good Christmas!

Christmas Eve!

 We left our fun trip and headed to do some shopping before it was time for the Church of Highlands Christmas Eve service. It was so  nice!

We OF COURSE had to take our annual Christmas Eve family picture....out on our cute back deck among the trees!

Church of Highlands Christmas did not disappoint.

Christmas present time!

This girl was ready!

So was this one!

AND this little boy too! I mean how more cute can he be!?!

Tyler was so ready to get that opened so he could show him how to use it.

Came home...late....and tired.....but we made cookies for Santa and they got into their Christmas pjs!

I mean...when you have Soccer and Aubie on your Christmas pj pants! They LOVED these!

In the trees for Christmas!

 We had such a cute treehouse! We loved it!

We had our own golf cart because we couldnt drive our car anywhere. We had to use it. SO fun!

They LOVED the loft!

Our Christmas tree! So festive!

Just so cozy!

We took a ride! There were hanging lights everywhere!

This area was so pretty decorated! You could eat and have events in there.  There was a cute firepit area with a water feature too.

We so enjoyed the sauna and the hot tub area.

We could have got to the fire pit...but they wanted it on our cute back deck!

They love smores!

The next morning we opened our gifts. Alexis said after we were done...so this means we dont get Santa on Christmas morning. Nope. She was fine with it but growing up....well, changes things....

We had a fun lunch and then Church service and headed to Gran's for Christmas Eve fun the next day!

Christmas time!

 We did something a little different this year....

we celebrated Christmas early and on our Christmas time trip! I love that we have started going on trips and doing experiences together, now, so that is what we did and had a great time!

Since Alexis had her formal Saturday night, we got up bright and early on Sunday morning and headed to Huntsville to the Space and Rocket Center. We had never been so we enjoyed there and then did some Christmas shopping and dinner before heading to our very own treehouse! Monday we spent the day doing all the fun things at the retreet and then had lunch before coming back to the sauna, hot tub and smores!

We had the best little trip!

Our astronaut! 

And our other too!  OH, this cracked me up!

NASA!

I mean, she is real this time! :)

We saw some really cool things!

When youre born to glow!

The Planterium!

The museum was really neat!

Tyler, I think, really enjoyed it the most! Us girls........werent smart enough. ha!

They loved this behind them!

It was a beautiful day!

My girls!

Shopping time! The girls always love picking out each other's gift so I waited and we did it on our trip! Tyler and Lex divided to pick out Lily's and Lily and I got Alexis'! They ended up picking out the same gift for each other...and didnt know it!

Then we made it to our tiny treehouse! See it uppppp there!?!?!

We got settled in and got our 'tree' up! :)

DD Winter formal Junior year!

 Alexis had her DD Winter formal and it was such a nice evening!

We did pictures with all the DD friends and then Alexis and JC headed to the Anniston Meeting Center for dinner before the lead out.

Us parents...and Lily and London enjoyed dinner before we headed to it.

John Cooper was so nice to be Lex's date. They had a great time! I cant believe the next one will be her Senior year!

Such a good picture!

She found her little! This church was packed with alllll the other DD's taking pictures too!

Cute kids!

So elegant!

Sweet and beautiful friends

Love the black and white

Her Junior year!

These two have been friends since 1st grade!

A Christmas stunner!

Sassy!

My girl and I!

These two wanted to take a picture with me! So thats what we did!

On stage! They did good!

Us Mommas with our cute kids! :)

We let him be in the family picture

Then kicked him out! :)