Best of 2017

I have to say, 2017 has been a blast! Blake and I had so many fun adventures....
We started TBall and Basketball, we rode a horse, we vacationed at the beach, we started Kindergarten, and we enjoyed so many fun activities!!!

We also can't wait to enjoy the adventures that 2018 will bring! We plan to travel, vacation, continue sports, and take on many more exciting things!

Merry Christmas 2017

Merry Christmas!!! One of our favorite times of the year!

Christmas Eve started off with me making dinner for my Dad and Blake. While I made dinner, Dad and Blake called Santa to remind him to eat the cookies. Blake was so surprised when they got Santa's voicemail!!! :)

Christmas was a hit! Blake was on the nice list!! This year he got Minecraft toys, Cars 3 toys, Trash Pack Toys, and..... a NINTENDO SWITCH!!! That is his first gaming system. I have a feeling I will have to set a timer on the parental controls so that he will come out of his room every now and then. Haha.

We love Christmas and all of our family and friends!! This is the perfect way to end a nice year!

Pullen Park Polar Express

We tried a new Christmas Event in Raleigh this year... The Polar Express and Pullen Park! We go to Pullen Park all the time but this is when it is totally decked out for Christmas! And the train is like to Polar Express. The park looked so festive and we loved all of the holiday fun! ... Oh, and we took GDaddy!

The park had it's usually fun like the carousel! We love that! But it also had snow, the polar express train ride, and even ice sledding! The ice sledding almost killed me and shot me into the woods, but it was a blast! I am gonna have to work out more if I want so be a boy mom! Haha!

Disney on Ice

Rudy was able to surprise Blake with another favorite tradition... Disney on Ice with Granny! This started when Blake was about 3. We have gone each year and we love it! This year Blake was really into the $15 popcorn and cotton candy, along with his souvenirs. He is not a cheap date! Haha. The theme this year was Dare to Dream and it was wonderful to see examples of characters who had chased their dreams and done the right thing. Blake of course loved Olaf from the movie Frozen and Goofy! :)

Rudy and Rice Krispy's

Rudy, our elf, always brings such Christmas fun to our house! Blake LOVES waking up and seeing what Rudy has done each day.

One day this past week Rudy brought us stuff to make Holiday Rice Krispy Treats. We loved making them together... and more importantly eating them together! :)

And one of my favorite Christmas things ever... snuggling and sleeping in front of the tree. Nothing beats our Christmas Magic!

Christmas Parade

I got a little behind on our posts! Our Christmas fun has taken off and we are loving every second of it. Last weekend we had the Rolesville Christmas Parade! This is one of my favorite Christmas traditions. The parade always goes by Memommy's house, so we gather at her house for treats and family fun. Then when the parade starts we simply go out to her front yard and sit in our lawn chairs as the parade goes by. One of the main reasons I love this traditions is because I love seeing Memommy watch the little kids. She loves it so much! :)

This year was different for Blake.. he decided to watch the parade with the "big kids". He wanted to hang with Jordan and Maggie (my cousins kids) in Memommy's yard and catch candy with them! I loved watching him hang out with them. He looks up to Jordan so much and loves seeing his at school. Im so grateful that he has good examples around him!

Oh, Christmas Tree

December is here!!!! We have so many fun things planned for this month and we always kick our celebration off with out Christmas tree! It is one of my favorite things in the world to do. There is just something about staying up at night and reading by the Christmas tree. I am also pretty excited bc Blake and I have started quite the ornament collection. We love looking at all of our fun ornaments! Blake has a ton of superhero ones!

Blake was really sad to take our Christmas tree down last year. So my dad said he would take it back to where we got it from and let it grow more until we came back the next Christmas. He didn't want Blake to think we just dumped our tree. So, we went back to the exact same Christmas lot and we let Blake try to find our tree from last year. He went right up to the first one and said "This is it!" Sure enough it was a beautiful looking tree! So, my dad and I agreed and we brought it home! :)

We are so excited to celebrate around this tree this year!
Our Elf on the Shelf, Rudy is also back this year. We will update some of his mischief soon!