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Christmas Cousin Camp

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The day after Christmas, Dad and Janet headed home while the rest of us went up to the deer camp. Jen, Ryan and Anna only stayed one night, and left that Friday, and the plan was for Piper to stay until Sunday. We kept extending it and she ended up staying until Saturday, the 4th – so she was here for 11 days total! We stayed at the camp those 1st 2 nights and did some deer and duck hunting We came back Saturday so that they could ride (plus Lil had to work) and also went to see a movie with Cara, Josie and Kelli. Monday we went to see Josh and Hailey‘s beautiful new house they just built. I wish I would’ve taken some pictures, but it’s absolutely gorgeous! Tuesday was a pretty lazy day until people came over for New Year’s Eve. Lillian had five friends over and they played games and hung out until after midnight. My car broke down right after we took Brynn home on New Year’s Day, so Wednesday and Thursday were spent at the house. We watched a lot of movies and they did a lot of painti...
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Merry Christmas!

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This Christmas was so different from anything we have done in over a decade, but it was so good. Ever since Kathleen was born, we’ve had the same traditions. We celebrate in Baton Rouge with my side of the family before Christmas, we celebrate with Matt’s side in Vivian on Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day is at home with the 4 of us for most of the day, but several years Capn and Yaya have come to eat with us too. It’s been kind of a weird year for some of the family so we decided to invite my Dad and siblings to spend the day up here with us and I was so excited when they accepted. The last time I got to see my Dad or sister on Christmas Day, I was pregnant with Kathleen. Daniel and Allie had to work all but Christmas day so they didn’t make it, but everyone else was here.  Christmas Eve was still spent in Vivian with the McCormicks, but we did everything earlier than normal. We got there around 9:00 and stayed until about 2:00. It wasn’t long enough, of course, but I was glad we ...
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Christmas Break is Here!

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I’ll do a separate post for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, but I wanted to update the first 5 days of the break first. There was no downtime when school got out for sure! That Wednesday night, Cara and I took Lillian and her friends (Kathleen was at gymnastics) to dinner to celebrate the end of the first semester and they all came back to our house to hangout until around 10:30 That’s a little earlier than their normal hangouts, but Lil and I had to be up early for her first day of Driver’s Ed. She had to be there 7:00-3:00 Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday. It’s crazy to think the written part is done and she only has to get in her 8 hours of driving before she has her permit.  Thursday night was our annual Christmas lights with the Olivers. We changed it up this year and went to a new place in Stonewall and it didn’t disappoint! Way more lights than Roseland and they had fun activities for the kids like a big slide you ride down on a tube and jumpy things  It will pro...
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Between the Breaks

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It’s funny how my time is measured now… the last 2 1/2 weeks have been such a blur but we are in the home stretch to the next school break! It was crazy that Thanksgiving was so late, because the time between the 2 was about a week shorter than normal. It seemed long though because these kids have been in holiday mode the whole time!  The first week back was Lillian getting her TIP card so that she can start Driver’s Ed this week 😳 and we saw Santa when we rejoined the gym. (They all made the nice list) That weekend was the Benton Christmas Parade and both girls were in it. Kathleen was with the gymnastics team on a float, and Lillian rode Little Rock with Vivette and the other girls that work for her  The next week was a pep squad Christmas party and a dress up day everyday at school.  This past weekend was our annual Baton Rouge Christmas and Jimmy, Theresa and Janice came in town too.  Friday night was our immediate family dinner with Dad and Janet, their kids an...
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