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Mrs. K's Toll House:
To start off the Christmas season, my mom, two sisters and Grace hopped in a car and drove to Mrs. K's Toll House Restaurant to meet a couple of my relatives that live in the Maryland area for a lunch in! That evening became the never ending ride accompanied by mother's Christmas singing due to the snowy forcast. ...love you mom! :)
Mrs. K's TollHouse
The House:
Little update on the house. Well, we've survived a month of living in our new home and surprisingly enough we have gotten a lot of big things accomplished. And that is all thanks to Dustin! We received our brand new appliances, we've gotten new windows, a new roof, a new water softener system, fixed a nasty leak, put in a new beam in the ceiling and started on electric! I need to keep reminding myself of this big list when I get impatient with wanting the next project to happen. Slowly but surely!
I can see out of my windows!!!!
The new beam! Now we are less likely to fall
through the floor now. Woo!
The fixed leak from our upstairs shower!
Celebrating the first of many Christmas' in our new home.
Landis Family Christmas:
What fun time we had at the Landis homestead! Mom Landis made us a fabulous Christmas dinner. And as usual when we were done, we all unbuttoned our pants and ventured over to the couches! Never a dull moment.... or a quiet moment with 5 nieces and nephews running around. :) That is until someone had the brilliant idea of putting on a movie! As hyper as they are I love them all! It wouldn't be a family gathering without all the noise. Also, the newest member Micah, celebrated his first Christmas! He is now 4 months old!
Mom & Dad Landis attempting to read the Christmas story
This seemed to be more appealing to the kids...Foot War!
Baby Micah being adored by oldest sister, Kyla!
Vitto Family Christmas:
Another new family member that experienced her first Christmas was Gracie! Now at 6 months old, she can sit up all by herself, eat big girl food, and giggle like her mother! All the kids slept over Christmas eve and woke up all together on Christmas morning. Mom was a fabulous host as usual and made an amazing breakfast for all of us that morning. My grandparents and my aunt and uncle drove down to visit for the Holidays and again, there was never a dull moment. Eating and laughing was our specialty. Grace was pretty much the entertainment for Christmas. At one point all 12 of us were crowded around the table just watching as Grace sat in the middle of the table, laughing, squealing and smiling. We're entertained easily.
Gracie in her cute Christmas dress!
The siblings!
Grandpa's pride and joy!
Gracie preparing for Santa Clause
3 goobers :)
Grace opening her first present
A Phillies fan is born!
The beautiful quilt that my grandma made us as
a housewarming present!
Me and my Gracie-poo!
Grace and Grandma!
Eric & Heather's Wedding:
Our friends from church invited us to their beautiful Christmas wedding! They met early on in high school and have been dating ever since. Six long years to be exact! They have been waiting so patiently for this day! It was a beautiful ceremony!
Eric sang the song that he wrote for Heather when he proposed to her.
There wasn't a dry eye in the Church!
Me and my love relaxing and enjoying the reception.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year!
Nice pictures and a new look for the new year....we had lots of fun together, didn't we? I'd love some more pictures when you're ready to send them! Anyone up for dominoes?
Mom
amazingly, i didn't take any pictures on my camera this holiday season. yours are great.
Visiting your blog is like opening a magazine. Your artistic touches are everywhere on it. I like watching any tiny step of progress that you make on the house. I see so much potential in that little country house. It feels like the type of home that stories are written about. Be sure to take lots of before and after pictures, and I will be on the sidelines cheering for you two.