it's all fun and games: 2019

christmas!

before nana and papa plumps arrived the girls spent some time working on their gifts

then we went down to set up the rooms for our guests. during so the girls asked to see my wedding dress, so i brought it out and showed them. they were so excited to see it

we didnt take it out of the bo because i had it sealed and preserved but they ohhhh and ahhhhh over it

so fun to have girls to do this with!

chris and nate were at the cabin. so after the house was ready for company, the girls wanted to go for a walk! so we did. it was SOOOO cold out! we even hung out in the back yard for a while!

i asked joey to go get dressed, about 15 mins later she was still gone so i went to peek at her, she was 1/2 dressed and spinning around...i guess she got distracted!

ellie has a pen pal! thanks quinn for your letter!

late night snuggles with this little girl. love her!

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swimming!

ellie snapped this pic of me before we headed out to the last swimming for the yr

sister love

fri morning we hit up the pool. so, so fun! the kids played while us mom's talked, at the end there was rounds of hugs and well wishing for the holidays. this is our last event until the new yr

how many kids can you pile of floates?

they add more kids as they arrived

so fun!

another round of late night snuggles!

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Posted by mel at 9:55 AM

sunnday!

working on some spelling before everyone arrives!

daddy helped too!

they came! this yr we had nana and pap plumps and uncle marc for the holidays. it was a great time, we ate, drank coffee, played cards, read, visited, ate some more and had a wonderful FULL holiday

gathering around the island

nate eating ursi's pickles ASAP. while wearing his sisters hat!

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we arrived at the cabin with trucks and vans stuffed with stuff! we unpacked and chris and i took out franky where chris spent the net few hrs giving everyone rides. i think i had the most fun! esp when he we FLY over the hills and whip around sharp corners almost causing me to FALL out! but it was SO fun!

nate was waiting for his turn

muetti enjoying herself

then it was time to go get that tree and off we went

cutting it down

after setting up the tree and decorating it we sat down for our christmas bags!

what a great way to spend christmas eve

gathering in the porch

unwrapping our deer!

the tree, it was really full and nice!

assembling

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Posted by mel at 9:55 AM

christmas

we started opening around 9, the kids did great with being quiet so us adults could sleep in!

giving papa plumps his gift from her

marcs awesome gift from me. a HUGE box of chocolates!

quinn you card you!!!

franky was here. ha

waiting for this guy to gather all his weapons for our walk

we discovered this huge pot garden!

with lots of compost and potting soil!

someone put a lot of work into this guy

evidence!

and we found another burnt down cabin

i enjoy walking in the woods, discovering things, i find the oddest stuff on my wanderings! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 9:55 AM

christmas night

we sat down to feast on our racklette! so yummy! so much food. everyone enjoyed it. ha

joey tucked in all her stuffies on the couch.

boing day we all slept, read, ate and went to the river. chris drove franky all the way down! i walked.

the river was flowing at a good pace, the ice along the sides were so pretty! and there is nothing like crackling ice under your feet!

more river

again

the girls got cold, so we went back to the cabin. the men stayed down at the river for another hr or so, they made a fire and had a great time. marc came back and told me it was the best part of the trip!