Grandma!

Grandma came to visit!!! We have all enjoyed having my mom here for a week. What a blessing she has been to us! Shelby pretty much took her over as her personal playmate. They had a lot of fun together playing games and cuddling and hanging out. Grandma did get to hold Vivian some :) and also was able to hang out with Josh and I, too. Here are some pictures from the week.

Lots of cuddling and snuggling and holding.

Matching jammies for the girls.

Estes Park, CO shirts from Uncle Jesse and Aunt Kelly.

My mom made some matching aprons for Shelby and me from an apron that my great-grandmother had made.

We had quite the Christmas! We will take her back to the airport today and we are sad to see her go. What fun we had!!! Of course, there wasn't enough time to get everything done that we wanted to, but we had lots of fun in what we did accomplish. Shelby will not know what to do with herself once Grandma is gone. We love you, Grandma!

Merry Christmas!

Stationery card

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So glad we have a REAL tree!

We were excited to pick up a real tree for only $35! The Bonus family had helped to decorate our house which we are very thankful for! Last week we were able to get a tree and we had a lot of fun decorating it. Shelby really enjoyed putting ornaments on the tree.





My mom comes in on Thursday and I am looking forward to having her here for a week! She is such a blessing to us!

~ Merry Christmas to you all ~

Chairs are finished

Josh has been working on re-doing our chairs every spare moment he has had and we are thankful that he is finished and was able to put them together today!

This is Josh's contraption for putting on the finish and letting them dry with limited space in his shop. It worked great!

And here they are! I love the contrast and am so glad the fabric is gone.

Good job, Josh!

Big Sister

Shelby is enjoying being a new big sister. Vivian usually puts a smile on Shelby's face, unless Vivian is crying then Shelby is very serious about calming her down. Here is a video of the two of them together.