I have some memories from the month of December that need kept!
At the very beginning of the month, after a dentist appointment in town, me and my crew headed to Barnes and Noble to spend a gift card that Tate had received for his birthday way back in August.
I was pretty proud of Tate for choosing from ALL those things, and also choosing things I knew he loved!
Thank you, Grandpa and Grandma Nettell for the gift certificate!!
We went to yet another BEAUTIFUL wedding in December!
I do not have any photos of the wedding (wish I did!), but we did get to sit with good friends we have not seen in awhile and IT WAS THE BEST!
One of our favorite Christmas time traditions is joining our church to carol at the local nursing homes.
It did not disappoint!
Since we sing together every school morning here at home, these cuties of ours are naturals now!
December was busy, but I still did a lot of cuddling and holding our two cherubs – and sometimes naps were needed too!
Addie Mae grabbed a special helper one Friday and got all of the grocery for me!
I love that girl.
And that special helper too!
This guy worked for UPS the whole month of December, but still found time to be at Twin Oaks often – especially around dinner time, ha, ha!
He was helping me around the house one afternoon – and as usual, making everything more fun!
We found time to clean the kitchen at church one Saturday afternoon!
All of team Moschel was there, and we were fast and efficient!
We also traveled to Iowa in mid-December to see The Live Animal Christmas Play that some friends are a part of each year.
It was pretty amazing and SO well done!
Our sweet puppy Sadie Jo was spay and had a hernia repaired right after we got home from our Iowa trip.
Poor girl!
She did SO well – an answer to my prayers – and recovered quickly.
We spoiled her while she healed though!
As winter set in our neck of the woods more games were played, more things were baked, more coloring and listening to story hour was done, and more hot drinks were consumed.
I LOVE winter!
Of course the Lord provided us with some beautiful skies.
Have I ever mentioned that we have the sweetest friends?
We received such thoughtful gifts at Christmas!!
One gift bag was hand delivered, we were sung to and then hugged and hugged.
Someone might have cried!
Our hearts were so full!!
I always love time with my favorites!!
We’ve been stealing two boys on Sundays sometimes – it’s the BEST!
Of course school has been moving along – my all time favorite kind of day!
The guys processed all the deer meat and we filled our freezer with 100 pounds of ground venison!
Blessings!!
I was headed on a date with my hubby and Addie was headed to a work meeting and we were kinda in the same outfit so she snapped a photo!
My girlfriend just said today that as long as our daughters still like to match and borrow our clothes we are doing okay in the fashion department, ha, ha!
On the very last day of December we got a dusting of snow.
Thankful for my boys who keep the driveway clear for us!
The last day of December I worked on an intention board – where I printed some images off the computer and wrote down some intentions I have for 2020.
Well – this idea spread pretty quickly in our little nest – and pretty soon everyone was making their own version of an intention board and were setting intentions too!!
I love this so much.
The kids hung their’s on the wall next to their beds.
Mine is in the back of my journal.
Can I also mention Eliza’s beautiful hair in this photo?
Our sweet girl.
One more photo to end this post – of our growing boy Tate Owen.
He is getting taller!
But I don’t think his heart could possibly get any bigger.
He is our joyful gem!!!
And now it is half way through January already!
We have SO many wonderful plans – we will see if the Lord brings them to fruition or not!
I CAN’T WAIT to share with you all where Blake and I are going this year for our anniversary trip!!
Here’s hoping December was good for you all too, and that you have many wonderful things to look forward too!
Happy winter, everyone!!
