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Lots of Dresses!

Grandma Thatcher sent the girls a Big box full of Christmas gifts, and two of the boxes are for the girls to open now! Emily was home with me so she got to open hers and Leslie will open hers when she gets home from school! as you can see Emily likes the box. and loves the dresses that grandma got for her, thank you grandma!
It seems strange to write Grandma Thatcher when I mean my mom and not my Grandma! Christmas was all ways so much fun at Grandma and Grandpa Thatchers house tons of family lots and lots of good times,
and Christmas at Grandma Stanley's house up on MT. Hood big cups of hot coco. lots of snow! Cutting down Christmas Trees the sent of the fresh pine .
not like now in the Hot Tucson weather and the fake tree! at least I get to put the tree up the day after Thanksgiving and it can stay up tell New Years! that is one good thing about them.

Tree time

Hear is the Christmas tree this year
It went up the day after Thanksgiving
once the girls and I got back from shopping
on Black Friday ! Brad got up at 4 to go
to work and I could not go back to sleep so
up we all got and we were out of the house
by 4:45 am both girls did great !

While the girls were taking a mid-morning nap

I put up the tree and lights when leslie got up

(she did not sleep)

she helped with all the other things that on tree!

and when Emily got up she helped put on the others

Emily and her wild hair!

Leslies Thanksgiving at school

Leslie and her friends from class on the

20th her class made stone soup and

dressed up!

Three Things I am Thankful for...

As Thanksgiving comes around I look back to all we have to be thankful for.. Brad made it home safe from Qatar.
Emily no longer has to see the Brain DR.
and Leslie is doing great in school this year!
and I am grateful for the loving family that I have been blessed with. I love them all and look forward to many more wonderful Thanksgivings!
We love you all and wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Purple Dragons

Hear is Leslie's soccer team they went undefeated for there seasons! we are so proud of her!

this is at their last game ! what fun they had, Brad even was able to coach the last game.

The girls played hard and are looking forward to winter soccer!

Santa!

After Leslies soccer game Saturday we went to the mall and the girls saw Santa!

Then last night Emily put herself to bed! what a big girl she is getting to be !

The Girls getting their Pumpkins !