Showing posts with label Holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holidays. Show all posts

Saturday, December 14, 2019

suncadia 2019 | photo every hour

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..and then the kids each found their bunk bed (tatum his pack 'n play) and we hit the couch to relax + snack.

Xoxo
-Brittney

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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

our christmas-y weekend-ish

we had a fun, festive, full of christmas spirit weekend!
it's now wednesday, but i'm rolling it all together as our festivities continued on into tuesday evening.
it always seems, and as we all say, this time of year gets so busy. and it's so true. so many additional things added onto our calendars. but it's so good and so fun that we wouldn't have it any other way. we've also come to learn (with three young children especially) that it is not worth doing more beyond what we wish. and to not overcommit ourselves. we tend to lose our fun if it starts feeling more like tasks rather than fun events we are looking forward to.

we started friday night with an adult only outing to the festival of trees. brandon did some sponsorship this year through work and it was a great night out with great friends, for a great cause. supporting the children's hospital is always time and money well spent.
saturday brandon went out to meet up with a few friends so the kids and i held down the house. i was getting everyone ready for bed and put tatum in his crib for him to wait for me while i filled his diffuser. when i walked back into his room these other two little muchkins had climbed in to keep him a little company and were playing around in his bed together. jumping + singing.
PURE JOY.
one of those moments that makes you just stop in your tracks in love and appreciation for the blessings of your children and and all that they are. 
sunday it seems we hit the ground running from the moment we woke. breakfast for everyone, dressed and ready and off to church (only 20 minutes late), and then straight to see santa at the santa brunch at the country club. 
i loved seeing harper and tanner's anticipation to see santa and tell him what they were hoping for this christmas. they were both excited and ready for it when we got there! in years past no one will ever sit on santa's lap so it ends up being a family pic ;) 
harper brought along a letter she had written for santa. inside was written: "thank you for the presents last time" with about twenty hearts drawn out underneath. melt my heart. her sweet spirit. 
first time getting a picture with all the kids and santa (no mom+ dad) ;)
that lasted about half a second so it then became a family picture and i've gotta say, it's not the best we've ever taken haha. but we'll take it. i'm just SHOCKED that tanner of the three was the one to sit on santa's lap! as unhappy as they all may look, there spirts were much happier in reality haha!
that night hit us with a storm and we were hit with a stomach bug. not how any of us would've anticipated the end of our day! it hit us out of no where and was hard, but also short lived- thankfully.
we've had TOO much throwing up in this house this year and i am OVER IT. we're buckling down and getting ourselves back to being on top of taking vitamins and using essential oils on the daily. i swear it matters and makes such a difference- as we haven't ever had so much sickness and we also haven't ever been so relaxed with the use of oils and vitamins.
we were so thankful that the sickness came and went so quickly so that harper could be well beyond 24 hours of being free from symptoms so that we could make her christmas concert for school.
inside and out this girl is beauty and i am so proud at everything she does. i well up at it all. watching her so proudly sing in confidence makes my heart so happy. she is growing quicker than my eyes can even keep up with. but i am 100% her by her side to sit front and center cheering her on.
merry christmas friends + family!
in a couple days we're headed off to suncadia for our annual
 before-christmas family getaway and we are all so looking forward to it! 


Xoxo
-Brittney

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Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Suncadia | 2018

it's year four that we've taken our getaway to suncadia right before christmas. we look forward to this every year. to escape the craze and busyness that the days leading up to the holiday bring, and just stop and enjoy eachother. it's so special to me and always make the best memories.
we've always stayed in the same exact condo. it gets me so sentimental that year after year it's been the same place. until this year. with our growing family of now five, we decided a house would fit us all better. it's so fun to think we started doing this when we were just a family of three!
and here we are, keeping this tradition going.
i dream about all the childhood memories our kiddos are making and will one day look back on.

these littles in their snow pants and matching hats!! 
#hearteyes
7 am
cookie + coffee for breakfast
 8am
9am
packing, packing, packing.
loading, loading, loading.
we need a bigger car.

10 am
 11am
all that medicine ball goodness for the roadtrip
 12pm
picking the perfect carrot for frosty's nose
 1pm
mad dash to the car to fill that babe's tum
 2pm
3pm
4pm
5pm
6pm
7pm
no nap for the day and he passed right out on dad for the first time in a LONG time.
8pm
9pm
sleepy babe on that cozy bed.
10pm
and into bed in the 11 o'clock hour.

successful first day!
top of the list for day two is to hit the bakery for fresh cinnamon rolls and then to build a snowman.

Xoxo
-Brittney

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