The HOT gifts of Christmas 2017(at our house)

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I find that every year there is that one tor two things that most of the kids will ask for. In the past it has been Pogo sticks, razor scooters, nintendo DS’s, IPads, etc. This year it was the Sperry saltwater duck boots, (YES, the same duck shoes I had in the mid 80’s, although these are much cutier and they have lots more to choose from). Three of the four girls asked for them for Christmas and when the fourth one saw them, she ordered a pair for herself the very next day! I even got a pair as a gift because I wanted them also! Here are the ones we got!

Taylor's pair

Mine

Savanna's

Jessica's

OMG they are the BEST! Not only are they adorable, but they are super comfortable and warm! (I tested them yesterday because the high was only 18 degrees and my feet stayed warm) Now I want to order another pair but I will have to wait!


The other most asked for gift this year was the Amazon Echo DOT! Three of the girls asked for it and Mitchell already received one for his birthday and the entire house fell in love! For those who don’t know what it is Echo Dot is a hands-free, voice-controlled device with a small built-in speaker—it can also connect to your speakers or headphones over Bluetooth or through a 3.5 mm audio cable to receive stereo sound to the speakers you choose. It connects to the Alexa Voice Service to play music, provide information, news, sports scores, weather, and more—instantly. It’s the coolest little device ever and the price was very affordable!  
The most popular gift with the boys in the family was a gaming chair. Here’s the one MItchell got from Santa.

This was his big gift, he was surprised and excited!!! I have to brag just for one minute! Mitchell is 14 years old now. He continues to be a super polite, thankful kid of which we are so happy for. Christmas day he must have thanked us 20 times for his gifts and everything. I just love him so much and feel so grateful he is the way he is. We pray he continues this way as I know hormones are flying around a lot these days! LOL


He also asked for beats wireless headphones, which was another popular item amongst many kids his age and older. He did get a pair and loves them. Do your homework and research when purchasing these as you can get a great knock off pair for hundreds$$$$$ less!

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What was the popular gift at your house this year?

Christmas House tour 2017

I know this is a little late, but better late than never I suppose. Life comes at you and time flies by so I thought I should get to this before the new year arrives and it really is too late to post!

If you have been following me since last year, honestly not a lot has changed as far as my decorations.  I’m not one of those people that change my decorations every year. First of all, I couldn’t afford it,second of all I don’t have the energy and third of all, I love The decorations I have now!

This year was the earliest I have ever started decorating. I had an open house here for my leggings business along with handful of other friends and their personal businesses. For me it was not the best time for me to have it,  It was the weekend after Thanksgiving and I was sick as a dog. Nevertheless we had the open house because it had been planned for two months. I’m glad we had it because it gave the family a reason to all pitch in and get the decorations out and put up and with everyone helping, which has never happened before, everything was ready, except for the trees, for the open house Sunday, November 26.

So that concludes the Christmas house tour this year. Now to enjoy it for the next week until it all comes down!

Christmastime 2017

🎄Happy Thursday after Christmas! Our Christmas was awesome this year and everyone being together made it that much better!  Jaxson, now 3, is at the  perfect age to enjoy the magic of this time of year!

Christmastime for me has got to be my favorite time of year! The decorations just make the house so warm & Cody and so many of my decorations remind me of the Christmases as a kid. I strive like crazy to make great memories and start lasting traditions with my family!  Unfortunately this year my daughter Kaylee and her son Jaxson Came down with the flu Christmas Eve. As luck always has it there worst day was Christmas Day! Somehow three-year-olds tend to bounce back superfast so he was still able to enjoy his day between the motrin and coughing, his mother on the other hand was down and out!

Things for us are so different than they have been in the past. Having young kids perpetually for so long we have gotten up at the crack of dawn every single Christmas morning for the coming on 30 years now. This year it was 8 o’clock and we had to wake our gang up as Jaxson was dancing around ready to open his gifts but even he didn’t get up until eight.   It was so nice to take our time going downstairs, turning All the Christmas lights on, grabbing coffee and sitting by the tree with all the presents and the stockings hung. There’s a special peacefulness Christmas morning offers unlike any other morning of the year!

People always freak out when they see the amount of presents that are under our tree, but you have to remember it’s everyone’s presents. Six kids, two parents, one  grandson, three boyfriends and presents to each other as well. We always take hours to open them because we open one at a time so everyone can see what the other person gets. It just gives everyone time to reflect on the time together instead of ripping through the presents. We have done it this way since the kids were very young, therefore everyone is used to doing it this way.

We let Mitchell and Jaxson open a couple gifts while waiting for the others to arrive. We grabbed our breakfast and coffee and headed into the family room for gift opening...

As always the day flew by and before we knew it we said goodbye to Christmas 2017! I am still enjoying the Christmas decorations at our house and will till the week after New years! Then they slowly all come down but lets not talk about that now.

How was your Christmas?