working our way into wonderland...

SO far behind, I know. It has been more than a week since I have been able to play with pictures and tell the stories of them all. Way back when...last Saturday, we came together to celebrate my comadre, Patty. We surprised her with a dinner and some "hang-out" time.
Happy Birthday, my beautiful friend.

Our busy schedules never give us enough time together, but any chance we get...

And you always know how fast time flies, when our (broccoli-eating) babies are stretching out and showing such character! Ay, Abigail...I'm in love with those gorgeous brown eyes!!

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Sunday morning, we awoke to a beautiful blizzard's worth of snow. Brandan lived in it all day long. Aly kept a blanket nearby and kept her nose indoors and underneath the covers.

I cooked up some Chicken fajitas...

...and got busy grading stacks of papers that I had to wrap up and stick into my gradebook.

...and for most of the week...
this is how it played out. We went to work/school. Worked on our homework assignments. Went to Brandan's third basketball game. Spent an evening making some scrap worthy Christmas presents for teachers. Wrote out a whole bunch of Christmas cards (they are in the mail today!) and aligned our big week long cookie ingredient list for the grocery store.
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That brings us to present day.
HOME for the HOLIDAYS.
Thank goodness.
No alarm.
Zzzzz.