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I’ll be back later today with a quick and easy (and nearly free!) Christmas gift for you to make.
Until then, I’m finishing up the last of my Christmas shopping (stocking stuffers for Tad and Vera)!
Hope all of your Christmas preparations are going well too.
We haven’t totally decorated for Christmas yet (we were the only house on the block with a pumpkin still on the front porch last week), but we have done a few things! Here are a few pictures to tide you over until we get the tree and mantle finished.
Have you been decorating for Christmas too?
We were very blessed this weekend to be able to see both sides of our family! We spent Thanksgiving Day with Tad’s side of the family, and loved getting to see many people we hadn’t seen in a while. My camera was packed in my suitcase, so I don’t actually have any pictures from our time with them. But we enjoyed wonderful food, as well as good conversation and an invigorating walk after our meal.
We spent Friday and part of Saturday with my family and with my brother Phillip’s college roommate, Caleb. We had a great time with them as well! Here are some pictures.
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| our family |
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| Caleb & Vera (she LOVED listening to him play the piano!) |
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| Mom, Nicholas, Phillip, & Caleb |
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| Mom (Mimi) with Vera |
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| placecards (they say “God loves you” in Chinese) |
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| Vera entertained us during the meal with her funny faces |
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| Dad (Pops) with Vera |
Hope each of you had a great Thanksgiving weekend as well!
