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| Violet's recreation of part of a book - letting the snow melt on her baby's skin |
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| I'm running super fast in the snow!! |
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| Looking cute stuffed into a size 18 months snowsuit |
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| Helping daddy make a backyard snowman |
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| Lots more snow today! |
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| Snow angels, YES!! |
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| This snowman is like, "What? I'm smoking a pipe. What?!?" |
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| We made Reindeer cookies (Violet's pinterest choice - seriously) and later delivered them to our neighbors |
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| Christmas morning!! |
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| Daddy read us the first few chapters from Luke so we could have the right Christmas heart attitude. |
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| And then...presents! |
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| Robes! OMG!! |
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| Nate opening his 13 in '13 gift. 13 date nights/activities planned for 2013. He was as excited to look through them as I was to make them :-) |
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| One envelope for every month. Some highlights: rock climbing, ice skating, tickets to see an Improv comedy group, trivia night, a hike and picnic, bike ride scavenger hunt |
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| Oh hey, dance costume and Christmas tutu! |
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| How is she looking so grown up?? |
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| Playing with Papa |
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| A very Tenholder Christmas |
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| Checking out her new awesome kitty cat keyboard! |
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| Cute! |
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| Super cute! |
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| Christmas naps were had by all |
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| Enjoying the big grocery store from Aunt Laura and Uncle Sean |
| The Steffey Family came early for Christmas! Per the usual, it was a blasty blast. There were whoopie cushions, tons of presents, tears from hysterical laughter, Ted Drewes, and hugs. Perfect! |
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| Traditional Christmas dinner: quesadillas. |
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| Two cute pa-toots! |
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| Present time! |
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| It was a very Elmo Christmas and Violet was so excited! She is kissing LOL Elmo here. |
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| Yay Elmo! |
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| More Elmo stuff! |
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| Uncle Logan had a HUGE box to open! |
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| Good thing he had a helper... |
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| Balloons filled with cash...OMG! |
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| All of my Christmas dreams from the last 10 years came true with my very own Kitchenaid stand mixer. It's totally amazing and looks so perfect on the counter. |
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| Hold up your new socks, guys! |
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| Do you like them homemade body scrub, Riley? Um, yeah. She does. |
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| The warmest, coziest, softest blanket you could ever imagine. |
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| The dance costume that will live in infamy. She was worn this every.single.day since Christmas! |
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| After presents we were on to another tradition - Ted Drewes and walking Candy Cane Lane just a few blocks away. It was super cold, but we bundled up and made it. Love the Carhart, Riley! |
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| Oh hey, Tenholders! |
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| Hey, Steffeys! |
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| Testing out the new mixer by making a pink cake. What else?? |
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| See what I mean about the Elmo Christmas??? |
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| Before! |
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| Oh, I'm sorry, I don't recognize this fierce model. Ahem. |
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| During! Love Nate eating Fritos and reading a book in the background :-) |
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| Mom, try it without big eyes. NOT POSSIBLE! |
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| Super mega gorgeous! It's not that much of a color difference on either of us, but it was fun! |
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| We had a surprise visitor last week for two days - baby Luca! Even though he's a walking jabbering dude we still call him baby Luca. Look at these cuties! |
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| Violet helped me roll out the cinnamon rolls we make every year for friends and family. |
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| Sometimes you need a little Fro Yo, you know? |
