...We ended the month of November and the beginning of December @ the Texan Gaylord...
...getting acquainted with the hotel before meeting up w/ Santa...
...throwback pic to Dec. 2013...
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...gathered around for warm and cozy fun with the jolliest hostess of all...Mrs. Claus...
...singing Christmas carols and listening to the classic story, The Night Before Christmas, while enjoying cookies and milk...
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...found us a corner to eat their flavored snow ice...
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...would love to have been in on this conversation...
...the bunny and her mommy...
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...my 💓 is bursting w/ love & joy...
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...hence, the reason for the blue parkas b/c it is 9 degrees inside...
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...amazing how they could sculpture the hair w/ ice...
...yep, a bar...
...me...
...Linz w/ our bunny...
...Ali...
...lil' M...
...this is where his foot stopped and flipped him backwards breaking his tibia and fibula...
...you can see him holding his foot...
...Ali jumped 3 ice ridges to get to him first...
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...after surgery@ the Oklahoma Surgical Hospital, 8 weeks w/ no weight on his leg...
...guess he will need an uber...😜~
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...the atrium...
...until another time...
...the Gaylord...
Christmas traditions...
...The holiday traditions you start will become the good memories your family will have in the future. It will leave memories the littles will look forward to all year...
...The one tradition I started with my girls is collecting the dated Hallmark ornaments. As they have gotten older, I have changed to the Old World dated ornaments and have continued the Hallmark tradition w/ my littles.
...This year I bought Christmas books for the littles and wrapped them for their mothers to put under the tree. Every night before they go to bed, they choose a wrapped book to unwrap and read it for their bedtime story...
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...play date w/ the bunny's class mate...
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...eating delicious burgers indoors from the outside grill...
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...our train ride to the Santa House...
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...singing Jingle Bells w/ Santa...
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...it was a de-lightful night of many colors...
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...enjoying time @ Brian's w/ Macy building gingerbread houses...
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...class party day...
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...meeting Muffy, Macy's new minature hamster...
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...bounce u fun...
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...Nonni & Poppi sleepover night...
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...hanging their candy canes from their friend, Trudy...
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...Ali & Laura @ Roosevelt's...
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...more of their "12 nights before Christmas books"...
...cousin play...
...visit to her momma's office and lunch...
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...cookie decorating activity...
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...this lil' Junie loves to help her momma in the kitchen...
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...they have loved their candy canes from their friend, Trudy...
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...mommy opening their gift from them...
...ahhh...mommy loves her earrings...
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...My sis and I...
...I am thankful...We are thankful....
...As most of you know, she gave us a big scare on Dec. 5th...
...After giving her heart some recovery time, she had open heart surgery on Dec. 13th...
...She was dismissed from St Francis on Dec. 19th....here we are on Christmas Eve...
...🙏💓💓🙏...
...Thank you Father for the many reasons we have been given a Merry Christmas...Amen!...
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...our bunny is so proud of the earrings she picked out for her momma @ J Spencer...
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...Braum's treat w/ the cousins before our bunny leaves w/ her dad for Colorado...
"Father, we ask you to watch over our sweet little as she travels to Colorado, and we pray that she can let go of her anxiety to have a good time on the slopes...Amen!"
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...our Junie Bugs leaving in the rain for a day w/ their dad...
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...our lil' Junie Bugs being NY Eve party animals...
...about 1/2 way through the game, cheating began...
...when did they learn to cheat??...
...they are looking too big...
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...It's an honor to be their "Nonni"...
...and, I love them so...
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...daycare activities...
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...daycare trip to the library...
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...another Christmas tradition...
...Holly the Elf...
and...the advent calendar...
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Philbrook Festival of Lights...
...It was a night to bundle up and enjoy the night w/ Uncle Roger & Aunt Debbie...
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...holiday lights reflecting the spirit of the season...
,,,enjoying our stroll through the grounds...
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...Uncle Roger told her to tell Santa to bring him a porsche...
...Welp, she pointed at Uncle Roger and said "he wants you to bring him a horse." 😁
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...the Santa House is a unique artistic cabin...
...the faux fireplace next to where Santa sat is constructed from books...
...the chinking between the logs is made of colored pieces of cloth, treated in a kind of polymer to make them solid and laced w/ strings of LED lights...the windows are one of a kind stained glass...
...the roof /ceiling of the cabin is covered w/ multicolored treated T-shirts to create a different sort of stained-glass effect...
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...back indoors making astro-lights in the craft room...
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Game night @ Freedom Elementary...
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Rhema...
...Christmas waves a magic wand over the world making everything more beautiful...
I pray that when the broken heartened see lights, they also see HOPE...
...Father, I pray that you offer them peace and comfort...Amen!..
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...looking cute in her new glasses...
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...surprise lunch w/ her momma and classmates...
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Cedar Ridge...
...Cedar Ridge Christmas Saturday...
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...ballet and tap class for our Junies...
...our bunny at her tumble class...
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...busy w/ their giant, cardboard gingerbread houses...
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Classroom Christmas party...
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...w/ Brian & Char Char...
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...neighborhood progressive Christmas craft day...
...more of their "12 nights before Christmas books"...
...THIS turned out to be a great idea for our new Christmas tradition...
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the beginning of Christmas visits...
Christmas w/ Paul's kids...
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Christmas w/ Paul's kids...
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...Uncle Roger & Aunt Debbie w/ Linz & Brea...
...Uncle Roger & Aunt Debbie w/ the twins and their momma...
Christmas Eve morning...
...cookie decorating activity...
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Christmas Eve afternoon...
...gift opening w/ our Junie Bugs...
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Christmas Eve @ Jared & Lo's...
...This year because of several circumstances, we didn't have Christmas Eve at our home...
...We, instead, enjoyed our time at Jared and Lo's in Owasso...
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...I am thankful...We are thankful....
...As most of you know, she gave us a big scare on Dec. 5th...
...After giving her heart some recovery time, she had open heart surgery on Dec. 13th...
...She was dismissed from St Francis on Dec. 19th....here we are on Christmas Eve...
...🙏💓💓🙏...
...Thank you Father for the many reasons we have been given a Merry Christmas...Amen!...
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Christmas morning...
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...Even though our bunny was at her dad's for Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning, Santa didn't forget to make a stop at the bunny and Momma's home. So, Poppi and Nonni were waiting at noon to share the fun w/ them...
Christmas afternoon...
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...I-Hop Christmas lunch...
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...can't leave our Char Char out of our Christmas pics...
...pic credit: A Hagan...
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..a little sass w/ her LV purse from Brian...
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Christmas @ Susan & Grampies w/ the twins...
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"Father, we ask you to watch over our sweet little as she travels to Colorado, and we pray that she can let go of her anxiety to have a good time on the slopes...Amen!"
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...My beautiful Sooner girls...
...Emotional loss for OU...
...We can't always be the winner...😕
...Kudos to Jalen Hurts who always displays a great attitude...
...Impressive performance by J. Burrow w/ LSU...
...On a side note: Prayers going up for the family of the LSU offensive coordinator that lost his daughter-in-law in a plane crash just hours before this game....
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Ruidoso, NM...Sierra Blanca!
...miss this place like crazy, especially during this season of the year...
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...throwback pic from 1996...
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...about 1/2 way through the game, cheating began...
...when did they learn to cheat??...
...they are looking too big...
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...our bunny princess happy to be home w/ her momma, Charlie and Sucker...
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...and, I love them so...
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...This week we walk into a new month, new year, new decade...
Thank you Father for guiding us through every season of this past year...Help us to put aside anxiety about the future and the past, so that we might live in peace. May every day glow w/ love, joy and happiness through this next year for you and your families, as well as mine...Amen!💓
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XOXO! from Our 5 Acre Woods