Celebrating with The Groves

This year we decided to combine our celebration for Thanksgiving and Christmas with Zach's family. It worked out the best with all our crazy schedules and travel considerations. We had a pretty good visit other than I was sick, Gunner wasn't feeling good, and everyone had to leave fairly early Sunday evening. All in all it was a fun visit and we were glad that we got to visit.

Modeling the outfit her grandparents gave her.

Tessa's Santa Hat on Boky's head. Too funny.

Chubby wubby Tessa with her santa hat on. I love it!

Carving the turkey. (This is the second time I have cooked a turkey and I must say it turned out awesome.)

*The pictures are not chronological, sorry!

Letter from Santa

Brooklyn got a letter from the North Pole! (Santa to be exact)

Christmas 08

Christmas this year was different than most in my life. I have always had 'believers' to wake up with on Christmas morning until this year (well I guess last year too). When Brooklyn got up at nine I was so excited to head down stairs to see how she reacted. Smiling the biggest smile ever we made it down stairs and showed her the presents, she wanted nothing to do with them :( All she wanted was a sippy of milk. We had the video camera going and everything and we had to stop it so she could have her milk. It was kinda funny but kinda disappointing too. Once we got started she loved it. Her favorite gift was her hair brush that Santa left in her stocking, she held onto it almost the entire time that she opened gifts.

After we did our own little thing I headed off to work for a few hours. At 5pm we all met at mom and dad's house to do a gift exchange and eat dinner. It was a good night!

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