December Daily, Day Twenty-Five

It'a day 25! Merry Christmas! We spent the day with Randy's side of the family. We had so much to be thankful for with each of our three nephews. Our oldest, Danny, and his wife Keena brought their sweet son. It was the first Christmas in many years with a baby around! We had so much fun watching him.

Our middle nephew, Brian, was home from serving in Afghanistan. We thought he was in a hospital in San Antonio being treated for his wounds. He surprised us by showing up at our house for Christmas with his sweet wife Becca.

Our youngest nephew, Adam, was also home from overseas. His unit was one of the last to leave Iraq. He and his wife, Nicole, were in North Carolina. Although we didn't get to see them, we are so grateful he is back in the US. We are so proud of all of our nephews. 

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December Daily, Day Twenty-Four

Day 24 is all about Christmas Eve with my side of the family. Shelby got "The Big Bang Theory" board game, and she, Sarah, and Samantha had fun playing it. Those three girls are like sisters. I love how close they are. The rest of us had fun chatting!

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December Daily, Day Twenty-Three

For day 23, I documented Shelby's ugly Christmas sweater. She always helps with the kid's Christmas choir at church and this sweater has been worn every year. Fun tradition! 

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December Daily, Day Twenty-Two

Several December Daily blogs suggested writing a letter to your child to include as part of your album. I thought it was a great idea so I wrote a short note for Day 22! My plans to make this a long letter fell by the wayside as time ran out, so I let it go to move forward. This is something I intend to work on more next year. 

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December Daily, Day Twenty-One

This is the left side of my day 21 layout. I decided not to post the right side, as I journaled some stuff just for me and Shelby. I'm so grateful to have such a wonderful daughter!

December Daily, Day Twenty

I absolutely love this patterned paper with the trees and giant snowflake. I chose pictures of us just hanging around one evening and chatting in Shelby's room. I really do have the best family!

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December Daily, Day Nineteen

December 19 was the start of my long-awaited vacation. It started off by a fun Christmas party lunch with my team at work which I documented for my December Daily day 19. The plan was to work on my DD during this vacation. Unfortunately, I caught a cold and did not feel like working on anything! I absolutely love this paper with the cute stockings!

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