Holidays 2019...a little late.

Here's a little recap of our holidays 2019, to fill the gaping hole in my blog. 

1.  We celebrated Chris' birthday!

A birthday raspa. 

2.  We spent Thanksgiving at home.  Gigi, Pops, and Grandma Dorothy visited, and we even went shopping on Black Friday. 

Our Thanksgiving dinner table. 

Eating fruit with Grandma Dorothy

The babies were already so big!

We visited a little Christmas village. 

3.  We spent a lot of time outside because the valley is perfect in the winter.

Cami has the cutest little legs.

These dresses are some of my favorites!

Our yard is looking so tropical lately.

4.  We all got sick at some point. 

I know she's sick when she takes naps. 

5.  Katy and I participated in the local Christmas parade with Katy's ballet class.  I had so much fun greeting all the people watching the parade.  A ton of fun!

6.  Katy wore her Santa dress at every opportunity.

7.  We saw Santa twice.  The first time was a surprise visit to Katy's ballet studio, and Katy wanted nothing to do with him.  The second time, Katy was ready.  The babies were champs and didn't cry either time.   Way to go babies!

Annual picture at Bass Pro Shop

8.  We took a family Christmas picture.  Maybe someday we'll be that family that hires a photographer in November to take Christmas pictures (doubtful).  For now (and likely forever) we are the family that uses a tripod and a self-timer a few days before Christmas.  Our timing definitely rules out any ambitious notions of a perfectly posed picture or sending out Christmas cards.

There must be something interesting off to the left.

9.  We hosted a Christmas Cookie decorating event at our house.  I baked soooooo many cookies and sadly have no pictures to prove it.  I hope to make the event an annual tradition so I'll just strive to do better next year.

10.  We played bingo for the first time and were shushed for laughing too much.  We're so rebellious.

11.  We spent Christmas at home, and then at the beach.

Cookies for Santa are ready!

Santa was here and he left a checked-off Santa letter!

Santa's goodies. 

Examining the loot out of the reach of little hands.

The Christmas Unicorn Fairy.

Christmas Day at the beach. 

12.  We visited family a few days after Christmas.  Katy had so much fun with her cousins, and we had fun celebrating New Year's Eve with a big gang of relatives. 

Some of the many Christmas cookies I baked.

Tent snacks.

The cousin gang.

New Year's Eve crew.

13.  And finally, our girls were just overall adorable.  I'm not biased at all.

The Christmas Tree was so much fun.

Cami and her tongue.