Glancing Back - 2019

Wow - it has been a year!!! Just like any year, it has had it's ups and downs, but it has ended with a bang! We always love looking back and seeing all of our adventures...

This year Blake and I had quite a few!

Some of our favorites were...

• Our annual Great Wolf Lodge trip
• Blake did his first 1 mile run
• We LOVED some baseball - playing and watching
• We adopted Jasper!!! 
• We saw some epic dinosaurs
• We went hiking both in Pilot Mountain and Grandfather Mountain
• We saw some gorgeous sunflowers
• We vacationed at the beach and in Boone 

It was such a great time! The second half of the year was even better because we got to include Joyner! The adventures just continued...

• We had more beach trips (because he is a major beach person)
• We all dressed up as a Deadpool Family for Halloween
• We went to the Life and Science Museum... Marbles... and Pullen Park
• We went fishing
• We went to Hillridge Farms for pumpkins
• And so much more... 

And the year is ended with a whole new chapter ahead of us in 2020! We are so excited for what is to come!

Big Plans

We have some BIG PLANS to share! But before we do, we have to introduce you to someone special....

Meet Joyner... Joyner and I have been dating for most of this year and he has been joining our little Fam Jam for adventures. We can't wait to share them all from here on out.

We love having him around for all of the fun. He has become a part of our family! So much so that on Christmas morning (while Blake was with his dad), Joyner dressed up as Santa and came to surprise me! He had a special Christmas gift just for me... and a special question.

He proposed and just like that we decided on forever! I am SO excited that we finally found the perfect person to join our family and our adventures. We couldn't ask for anything more.

Merry Christmas

This year traditions were a little different, but it did  not stop us from having a wonderful Christmas.

Blake was super excited to see all of the presents on Christmas day!!! He was very obviously on the nice list!

Blake got a Razor 360 bike that does doughnuts and spin outs. He also got video games, science kits, games, clothes, a lite brite, nerf guns, a pitching machine, and more! We have lots to keep us busy over the next month.

We also had our Christmas with family as well. It was a great day for many reasons.... see the next post for more details...

2nd Grade Gingerbread Day

Each year Blake has a special Christmas celebration at school. In Kindergarten he had the Polar Express Day. 1st Grade had Grinch Day. This year 2nd grade had Gingerbread Day!

As always, I am SO excited to go be a part of Blake's classroom for the day. I love seeing his friends and sharing in these little moments with him at school. He gets so excited when I can come to school...and as long as he wants me there then I WILL BE THERE! Haha.

We are now officially on Christmas vacation and we are enjoying the two weeks off of school to just relax!

Disney on Ice

We had our annual Disney on Ice trip with Granny this year! Thankfully Rudy gets us tickets every year to have this traditional trip together. :) Last year it snowed us out and we weren't able to go, so we were extra excited to see it this year.

The theme this year was Mickey's Road Trip Adventure. Mickey and his friends did a "road trip" through all of our favorite Disney movies! We say all of our favorite characters.

As you can see, Blake was super excited to see Maui from Moana and Woody from Toy Story 4. Yeehaw! We had a blast! Can't wait until next year!

Santa's Nice List

As always, Blake wrote his list and delivered it to Santa and Mrs. Clause. He was SO excited to see Santa and show him his Floss Sweater and his list. :)

This year Blake wants a few Switch Games, legos, Bakugon (not exactly sure what that is still... haha), science stuff, and sports stuff.

According to Santa he is officially on the nce list! YAY! Santa told Blake to remember to be good and help around the house. Blake has been doing his best job at it.

Blake has been EXTRA in the Christmas Spirit this year and even dressed as Santa for school festive character day! Haha. He jumped up out of bed and got ready. When I asked him if he was ready for school he said, "Ho ho ho Jolly Yeah, mom!!!" HAHA

Now the countdown is on until Santa Clause comes to town.

Parade and Lights

We kicked off our holiday season with the Rolesville Christmas Parade! This year was another special one because Memommy watched it with us from her front door. I LOVE that. Our family sits in her front yard and watches the parade pass. I look back and see her smiling and waving at the floats. A moment like that is perfect.

Blake loved seeing the floats and is always my little goofball. He was chasing candy and laughing at all the fun. Christmas Magic was there!

We also went to Hillridge Farms to ride the parade and see the Christmas lights. They were beautiful! We love our Christmas traditions!

Oh Christmas Tree

I LOVE having a tree in our house. There is something so warm and cozy about sitting in front of a tree with the lights on. This year we went back to our favorite Booger Mountain Tree Lot and we picked a good one!

One of our favorite traditions is looking at all of our unique ornaments. Our first ornament on the tree this year was our Roxie ornament. It's our first Christmas without her, so we are celebrating with her in spirit. Blake loved hanging his monkey ornament from Aunt T. I loved hanging some of the ornaments that Blake has made me over the years. Rudy even gives Blake an ornament year, so we liked looking back on those. There are so many fun memories.

We decorated our tree a little differently this year. We had to put a lot of the ornaments at the top because of our newest furry family member. Either way, our Christmas tree turned out beautiful and we are a happy family enjoying it!

Rudy is BACK

It is December and Rudy is back!!! We love this time of year because our elf Rudy comes to celebrate the holidays with us!

Rudy arrived this year and he brought Blake a special radio from the North Pole. Blake loves the Christmas tunes and the elf news update. :)

Rudy is also up to his usual fun. Each night he is moving around and either doing a prank or giving Blake a little surprise. Blake loves to wake up and see what he has gotten into. Here are a few of our favorite things he has done so far...