it's beginning to look a lot like christmas

hope you had a wonderful weekend! we are getting into the christmas spirit over here with our first christmas party, the muppet christmas carol, and our first carol of lights as a family!

bing*christmas in a cup*frosty's down*cagles*successful pinterest wrapping*our failed attempt at a family portrait*carol of lights*mc's first christmas tree and his pops' DIY manger from when he was a tiny-tot

i just love this time of year!

what about you? what are some of your christmas must-haves and must-dos?

 

hugs and kisses (under the mistletoe)~m, s, mc, b, b, t, m, b, m, n, bc and t

dance for me...

one of my favorite things about mclain is that he can entertain himself. it's nice to be able to brush my teeth, make a snack, fold those pesky towels or put his laundry away without having to take him with me or have him cry while i sneak away for a few seconds. but what i love most is sitting back and watching him entertain himself. watching him learn. those wheels are constantly in motion. and i love it.

he loves his buddies. he loves to stand. he loves to stand in his crib and pick-up his buddy, drop him and pick him up again and do it over and over and over.

 drop. pick-up. repeat.

drop. pick-up. repeat.

 

as he gets older, he gets wiser. he's trying new things. and we love watching him figure it out.

 

unfortunately, this new game does not allow me to reheat my coffee for the eighteenth time.

 

hugs and kisses~m, s, mc, b, b, m, t, b, n, m, bc and t



turkey + taryn + zach

we had a wonderful thanksgiving with family. there was no shortage of attention for mclain and no shortage of pies for matt. matt was in charge of the green bean casserole (he makes the very best!) and i made my grandma's 5 cup salad (she was the very best!). the food was amazing-as always. the card games were endless and fun and mclain's first talent show was a success! 

on saturday we traveled down south for our good friends' wedding. every detail was perfection!

we had such a great weekend from the turkey to the vows and the pies to the campfires, we are so thankful to be blessed with such amazing family and friends.

thanksgiving donuts*free babysitters*talent show*hand and foot*cruisin'*goodbye thanksgiving, hello christmas*great bridge in llano, tx*moo*outdoor wedding*tarynpluszach*manly men*long drive home

 

we hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving!

hugs and kisses~m, s, mc, b, b, t, m, b, m, n, bc and t

 

p.s. there are a lot of great pics of the wedding at #tarynpluszach on instagram!

santa?! i know him!!!

what a weekend!!!

we started it off with a red cup! we met santa and his reindeer! we had cherry pie for breakfast :) we had family movie night with a fire. we heard one of the best sermons...ever. the raiders didn't win but the cowboys did and my fantasy team is still too close to call. i didn't win in our not-so-friendly family card game but matt did...so i guess if i'm gonna lose, it should be to him. but biggest of big news...mclain finally. FINALLY. got his first tooth AND finally. FINALLY started crawling!  what a weekend!!!

 

 

 

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hope y'all had a great weekend! happy monday to one of our favorite weeks of the entire year!!!

hugs and kisses~m, s, one-toothed mc, b, b, m, t, m, b, n, bc and t