Merry Christmas!

 It was a beautiful Christmas season! We did so many things - we made gingerbread houses, and then also made ginger"dead" men - Chase's idea, but it turned out to be so fun to make zombies. :)  We made out own wreaths, did a few advent calendars (one with books for Claire and "A Christmas Story" one!), and got to see Santa at our church Christmas party and in our neighborhood. We're trying to soak in every moment, because Christmas with a 6 year old is absolutely the best! Claire insisted we have a sleepover in the front room with the Christmas tree. We had fun with our elf, though Chase decided to take it over and it got dark a few times - but Claire loved it. We made over 100 cookies and cinnamon rolls to deliver to friends and neighbors. We experienced FREEZING temperatures of about 10 degrees, (which really is cold for us here!) and only had a few pipes freeze with thankfully no leaking! We went on walks, had a few fires outside, and had a great break from school and work, with the best being Christmas morning! The kids loved getting their gifts and then we all went to a special church service. We've had so much fun together! It's going to be so hard to go back to real life. We feel so blessed to have each other and so thankful we get to celebrate together. We hope you had some wonderful, peaceful moments this holiday season.

  

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving 2022 was a blast! We decided to break out of the mold and explore a new city. We met Karen's parents half way in Baton Rouge for the week. There was beautiful weather and Baton Rouge is such a cute little city. We toured the USS KIDD, where we discovered Grant is too tall to be in the Navy! We went the the LSU Rural life museum, which is this really cool outdoor museum with a lot of old buildings and structures. We toured the old capitol building, which had beautiful stained glass and was all decorated for Christmas. We went on a swamp tour, where we saw lots of birds and alligators. We cooked an epic Thanksgiving dinner away from home, and visited the LSU Art and Science museum. We also played a lot at our airbnb, which had soccer ball nets, a trampoline, a playset, and a pool table. We watched movies and football, ate lots of amazing Cajun food, and had a great time. We are so grateful for our family and all our blessings!