Breakfast with Santa, Part 2

Here is our picture with Santa from the breakfast and Emmy's penguin hand print craft. They both turned out SO well!!! :)

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Breakfast with Santa

I can't believe another month has flown by! We were so fortunate to get to spend time with family over Thanksgiving and now here we are getting ready to celebrate Christmas in just a few short weeks!! Well this week we started our Christmas preparations by putting up our tree, decorations, lights, and stockings. And today we went to our very first "Breakfast with Santa" held at Josh's parents' church. Emmy had so much fun, and we did too! We had a big pancake breakfast, then met Santa and got a picture with him and a present. And then they had three different crafts for the kids to do. It was such a great little event! Or should I say big...I think our whole town was there! :) We'll get to pick up our picture with Santa and our special animal hand print craft in a few days but in the meantime here are some pictures of Emmy making her Christmas crafts. So cute!

Making our "Reindeer Food" :)

Picking out our animal for the hand print craft

Emmy picked the penguin, we can't wait to see how it turns out!

Making an ornament for our tree

3 yr pics!

We were fortunate enough to have Shannon take Emmy's pictures again this year. Shannon has been taking pictures for us since Emmy was 6 months old so it has been fun for her too to watch Emmy grow and change. And this year was especially fun as Emmy entertained us with her super cute poses she came up with all on her own! Enjoy these pics of our precious girl! We love you Emmy Jane!

 

 

 

 

Zoo Boo!!

Earlier this month we were able to enjoy our yearly tradition of meeting Lacy, Melvin and the boys for an afternoon of fun at Zoo Boo at the Indianapolis Zoo. Grayson was Captain Hook and Oliver was the cutest Peter Pan. Emmy got to wear her Rapunzel costume which made her SO happy!! They sure looked cute and had a ball together!

Trick-or-Treat!

We had such a fun Halloween! We started off the night with Colt's 5th birthday party and had so much fun getting to see everyone, including the twins! They spent most of the night away from all the noise, but Emmy loved watching them sleep. After the party, we headed home to trick-or-treat in our neighborhood, which was awesome! We then headed home to pass out a little candy and visit with Grammy & Gramps. By the end of the night, we were all exhausted! Happy Halloween Everybody!

Our little Rapunzel :)

The twins arrive!!

Such exciting news!! Last night, on Oct 23, Whitney & Justin welcomed into this world two more precious little boys: Beau Baker Strange and Judd Albert Strange! Colt is such a proud big brother and Emmy is in awe of her new little cousins. As of tonight, Judd is still up in the NICU, but we got to hold Beau today! So here are a few pictures of us with Beau and we'll add more when we get to hold Judd too!!

Weekend Getaway :)

For our anniversary this year, Josh surprised me by planning a special weekend away over his Fall Break. We went up to Michigan and had a such a wonderful time together. Emmy stayed with my dad and Sherry and had a ball helping Papa in the field. Thank you Papa & Grandma!! And thank you Josh, for planning such a memorable weekend away for us. Happy Anniversary My Love!!

A beautiful hike in the woods....

that ended on the shore of Lake Michigan! 

Papa's little helper, just like I used to be :)

Stonycreek Farm

During Josh's fall break we took advantage of another beautiful autumn day and headed to the local pumpkin patch for some fun! Emmy loved it, and we did too! :)