Advent 2023

December flew by this year, but we had such a great holiday season!

Our 2023 Advent Calendar Activities:

Church Staff Christmas Party

Go to the Bahama Christmas Parade

The first weekend of December was full and full of rain! But that didn't stop us!

Go to the Celebration of Lights

We thought we were choosing the best weather night...it ended up being the worst and we left soaked!

Drive around and look at Christmas Lights

The highlight this year was letting the girls unbuckle every time we got in the neighborhood to look at the lights. Our neighbors went all out with inflatables this year and we loved looking at them!

Make Ornaments

Haddon did NOT like getting his hands and feet dirty to make these.

Disney on Ice

Haddon got a night with Allyson while we took the girls!

Make and Take Gifts to the Neighbors

Mail Christmas Cards

EKA Christmas

Baby Brooke was the highlight this year!

Watch a Christmas Movie

Wrap Presents

Read Christmas Books

Date Night

This doubled as my work Christmas Party at Box Car

Chick-Fil-A Night...or Morning

Take Truett for a Walk

Go See Santa

Starbucks Date

I fully intended to take the girls to get cake pops, but it never happened.

Stephen and I got some Starbucks while we walked around Target on our date night.

Mexican Night

After we went to Wool E. Bull's Winter Wonderland, we ended up at El Coral with all of our friends!

Camp Out in Front of the Christmas Tree

The goal was to camp out all night...didn't happen! Ha!

Breakfast for Dinner

Make Cookies

The girls love to do this with Mema.

We also hung out with some friends on Christmas Eve and got to help get their cookies ready for Santa.

Make a Gingerbread House

This year I bought a house already put together. Chloe and Cam had a blast decorating...and then destroying to eat it! That was totally fine, because it meant I could just throw it all away at the end and not have to let a stale gingerbread man house sit out for days. 

Christmas at DPAC

We ended the night with Chick-Fil-A for dinner

Christmas Eve

Complete with our annual Chinese dinner and Santa's visit!

Merry Christmas!

Five rounds of Christmas spaced out over 10(ish) days was so fun!

First, with Mama Barb

Second, with Tracey and Nana

Third, with Mema, Poppy, and Allyson

Fourth, Christmas Morning at Home

The best part this year was taking the girls to pick out gifts for each other and then watching them give each other their gift!

Fifth and final, Grandma and Pa's

Bonus Events from the Month!

Rebecca's Baby Shower

Wool E. Bull's Winter Wonderland

Family Worship Night

New Decorations from Family in California

Haddon went back to Mema's and boycotted nap for extra snuggles one day

Wedding Dress Shopping and Flower Girl Dress Trying On

Staff Wives Christmas Party

Dance Recital

Ugly Sweater Day at School

Chloe got to go see The Nutcracker with Hathaway

Favorite Gifts:
The Stair Slide

Make Up

Trucks and Planes