We had an amazing holiday season! Thanksgiving we always host my family, my mom and her husband, my brother Patrick, and his girlfriend Katie. We made all the usual Thanksgiving food and stuffed ourselves silly. There may or may not have been some political bashing by some, but that's a story for another day...Welcome to the family Katie!
We of course had to get the obligatory family pics!
And I REAAALLLLLY tried to get a super cute Christmas card photo of the girls.
Sigh.....
I literally lost my shit on them, it was easier bribing them when they were little!!!
Finally (after 20 MINUTES!!!) I got a decent one, and called it good. Just because they were such shits, I added the crazy pic on our card, haha!!! Don't mess with mom....
Now that everyone has jobs and boyfriends, it's not as easy to have everyone here on Christmas Eve or day, so we decided this year to celebrate the weekend before. We ate, played games and the girls opened gifts. I tried to get them to wait until it was dark out so it at least "felt" like Christmas, but that was a hard no from them.
After opening gifts, they complained how it didn't feel like Christmas...
#alwayslistentomom
Christmas Eve we went to Brad's sisters house around 2 and stayed until 7ish, came home and hung out. Christmas day we had Brad's family here to celebrate.
We were all pooped, and Josie and Maci faked being friends, it was so cute. Also, notice how the tree skirt is not there. Maci might be 107, but she turns into a wild woman when the tree skirt comes out. I don't get it.
It was a very relaxing Christmas this year, the older the girls get, the less busy it gets, which I love. Happy hours with friends during the season is the best!
