It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

We have definitely been in the Christmas spirit lately! We flew to Alabama last weekend to have an early Christmas with my family.

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Our flight down was eventful to say the least with several delays, but MFG was a trooper!

Someone was SO excited to see her cousins when we arrived - and tell them that she is going to be a big sister!

 

Chase, Stephanie and Jack arrived late that evening and voila! The whole family was in one place - A Christmas miracle :)

Papa, Nanny and their precious Grands! We are so blessed

The whole family

The girls were very excited to open presents and wanted to help Jack, of course

Nanny and Papa got the girls these very fancy Rapunzel bride outfits - they were a big hit!

After opening presents and lunch, we made some gingerbread houses

Such concentration!

I snapped a quick selfie with this precious little monkey :)

The girls had fun playing Twister

We took the girls to Zoo Lights at the Birmingham Zoo and they had a big time! 

Chilly selfie with Anna and Francie on the zoo train

Tommy walking with the big girls checking out the lights

A ride on the carousel

 Posing :)

 Sadly, we had to leave early on Sunday morning, so we missed church with the family. 

But Todd photoshopped Francie into this sweet pic of the cousins - ha ha!

We had another long day of travel home, but Tommy and Francie were totally entertained at the airport playground

Passed out on our 2nd flight

 We had such a great time - it is a rare occasion that we can ALL be together and we treasure our time when we can!

Since we have been back, it is definitely starting to feel like Christmas. We had a tiny bit of snow overnight and Francie really wanted to make a snowman before school

This morning, Tommy took Francie to our town's Breakfast with Santa (I was not feeling so hot, so I stayed home)

Our big girl was not scared of Santa this year and she went right up and sat in his lap!

She told him that she wanted a cash register and that I wanted a necklace

Enjoying breakfast and checking out the coloring book from Santa

After breakfast, she made some Christmas crafts

The countdown is on! 11 days until Christmas and someone is VERY excited. Seeing the wonder of Christmas in your child is truly magical :)