We had a fun afternoon the Hogge's eating delicious food, having a candy exchange for the kids and white elephant exchange for the adults, playing outside in the awesome Texas Christmas weather, and just enjoying one another's company!
Mindy.Stacey.Emily(and darling baby girl).John.Adam
Rob.Michelle.Megan.Jackson.Jason(with Sophie).Cameron
Ruby
Rob is the only one not a part of the Steed family, and they moved 5 days after Christmas. We haven't lived here long, but I was so sad to see this family move to Dallas! Michelle is an awesome lady and I hope our paths continue to cross.
The girls
Jaime.Stacey.Emily.Michelle.Lexie(Hostess).Shelley.Megan
After our fun party, we headed home to prep the house for Santa himself!
Thad got some reindeer food at school, so the boys headed out to the backyard to spread it on the grass.
Milk and cookies were next on the list:
Matching jammies photo shoot:
Melvin left this little treasure for us to read each Christmas Eve:
Twas the Night Before Christmas
Those boys settled right down and didn't argue one bit about going to sleep.
They went to sleep leaving things perfect for Santa.
Before we knew it, Santa had snuck in and left us all our treasures.
I went to sleep with so much gratitude in my heart for my Savior and Him making this special holiday possible.
1 comment:
Lovely! I sure love the Monsens and it made my heart happy to see you with your Texas family!
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