Merry Christmas Eve 2018

Twas the night before Christmas.....

Nathan reads the Christmas story every year on Christmas Eve to the kids. 

We ate lunch at Aunt Rosemary's house with her and Joe. It was so nice. They cooked us an Italian meal and we enjoyed being together. After that we went to Uncle Rob and Aunt Michelle's house. We ate and then played games. Michelle and Emily made the Family Feud and it was so fun. Then we played the white elephant game. Such good times and special memories. I am missing Daddy. Our 2nd Christmas without him.

 

It's Christmas Time.....

I can't believe it is December. This year has gone by so fast. I love our tradition where we unwrap the ornaments and put them on the tree together and talk about each one. I will always cherish these times.

 

15 years old

 

Awards

 

OutWest 2018

We went back Out West. We love it out there. Our first stop was Good ol' Vegas and Cullen's favorite buffet at the Wynn. We drove to Moab and hiked the Arches. We got so lucky to get it. We went all by ourselves. We only got turned around one time. It was so beautiful and quiet. Next we rented razor and rode all around. It was so fun. On to Zion where we rode horseback Cullen had Blanca, Ethan had Pebbles, Ava had Pepsi, Nathan had     and I had Bandit, none of us had ridden a horse before and we had a great time. My horse kept running me into the tree limbs. We hiked and ate at Oscar's! We celebrated Ava's 15th birthday while we were there. We had the cutest vrbo right in town so we could walk to the little grocery store. It was an amazing trip..

 

UNC for the Day

Ava was able to go to UNC for the day to take some classes and experience the campus. I dropped her off that morning with a map and she was on her way. It was a great experience for her. 

Halloween

Happy Halloween... Ava and Ethan decided they were too old to dress up this year so I took Cullen to Ethan Bowman's subdivision. Ava was so sweet to do cullen's face paint. There are hundreds of houses. We walked and walked for 3 hours. Cullen had a great time. I do miss the old days when Nathan and I took the kiddos to Riverwood to treat or treat.