The End.

I have been struggling with the idea of whether or not to keep my 365 going. I know that I am not on the true calendar year since I started this on February first two years ago, but I wanted to keep it a true 365. To mess it up even more, I am not even going to finish out this full year of 365s.

After weighing my options and considering what is most important, I have come to the conclusion that I just can't do it all. Now that the girls are getting older and becoming more active, it is hard for me to keep up with it along with our family blog. I have decided that I want to focus my attention on our family blog and I want to begin working on my Blog Books for the girls.

While I have enjoyed my 365....and I have loved that I have been able to take a picture everyday...and I have been able to capture little snip-its of our everyday lives...I feel like this is the perfect time to end it.

I appreciate those of you who have read it and who have commented...I really have enjoyed doing it.

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Landry got this Wii game for Christmas (Big Sis got Just Dance 2)...her very first game and she LOVES it. The girls entertained themselves this morning by getting their groove on. Landry's faves are dancing to Happy Birthday, the ABCs, and BINGO.

I love that they are moving around getting some good exercise while playing a video game.

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Family Game night playing Guess Who was so much fun. Ashton has wanted this game for a long time and her cousin Chris came through for her at Christmas this year since he drew her name.

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I had a TON of laundry to do today and I got it all washed and in the basket ready to be folded.

I had planned on folding it tonight after the girls were in bed, but a certain little almost three year decided she needed something out of the basket immediately which is why there are pieces of clean laundry strewn everywhere. 

So much for my nice neat pile of laundry to fold.

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We headed home from Alabama today and we always stop in Texarkana for dinner and we always get a little treat at Dairy Queen after din-din before we head the rest of the way to our casa.

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I couldn't resist the fact that Uncle Todd's boots are about half as big as Landry. It was even funnier seeing her trying to walk in them.

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We woke up to a truly magical sight this morning...it was snowing!  It hasn't snowed on Christmas in Alabama since 1989 and this was the most snow they have ever had.

This is the second year in a row that our girls have had a White Christmas. The girls were already excited and the snow just pushed them over the edge!

Merry Christmas!

 

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The girls are so excited and ready for Santa to come. Ashton wrote him a note, they each chose 2 cookies for Santa and they made Reindeer food.

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One of our traditions is to get the girls dressed in their jammies and go look at the Christmas lights.  We usually do it on Christmas Eve, but since we were in Alabama this year and they had a super cool lights display that was not going to be open on Christmas Eve we went tonight instead.

It was so neat...and I have never seen so many lights before. Ashton oohed and aahed over the lights.  We always go to the Botanical Gardens in Huntsville every summer when we come so it was fun to see it transformed into a beautiful lights display!

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The girls had an extra special Christmas Tradition treat...they got to make their Christmas cookies with Mamo and Uncle Todd this year. They were so excited...the only way it would have been better was if Peyton and Cameron could have been there too.

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All this fun zebra print fleece is a project for the girls to work on while we are Mamo's and Papo's house this week. ARB is so beyond excited--she can hardly stand it!

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Here is the second major car catastrophe for us in two days.  We left this morning on our way to Alabama for Christmas.  We unexpectedly spent 3 hours in Texarkana getting the tired on BB's car fixed.  You can see the S-hook that was in the road and in the tire. The whole tired had to be replaced.

Not a fun way to start our trip!

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Today girls had fun at their second birthday party of the weekend. Yesterday they danced their booties off with Carly and today they bounced and played with Parker.

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This morning we had ANOTHER MAJOR DEBOCKLE with my car which is still under warranty.  We were headed to meet Megan and Parker for breakfast when my car totally shutdown...like turned itself off and quit working while we were driving...right there in the middle of the road! We had absolutely no power what-so-ever, we couldn't even use On Star since there was no power.

The police just happened to pull up behind us and while they were checking things out, noticed my inspection was expired (and luckily they didn't give us a ticket--I think they felt bad since Landry was hysterical and totally freaking out).

Megan and Parker came to pick up me and the girls while BB stayed with the car.  We had planned on just driving through McDonald's, grabbing breakfast and just eating at the house. But as we pulled up to our house, I realized I didn't have a key or the garage door opener. Nice.

By this time BB was riding in the tow truck with my car. We met him at the dealership and brought him home and finally had breakfast. The girls and Parker were so good during all of this!

Good thing for us Megan just got a new Tahoe so she had enough room for the three kids' seats plus me and BB.

Oh and I think I forgot to mention that I had had a lot of fun at girls night last night...to the point where I really needed some good greasy food.  What a nice way to start your Saturday.  Oh and this all happened and was over by 9:45 in the morning.

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Today Ashton had her winter party at school. It was a crazy busy day...since I am one of the room parents for Ashton's class I was up at the school at 1:00 then we had our carpets cleaned, a showing, met Megan, Brodie, and Parker at the mall for a bit, then I had a girls night with some sweet and super fun friends.

It was a lot to cram in the day but I loved every part of it!

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Teacher gifts are ready for delivery tomorrw.  It is crazy when you think about how many teachers we have between the two girls. 

ARB:  5 specials teachers, 1 classroom teacher, 3 dance teachers

LPB: 2 preschool teachers, 2 My Gym teachers, 1 Swimming Lessons Teacher

But these fabulous people have a very important jobs and we truly appreciate all they do for our girls!

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This is what was once a Gingerbread House...one that our sweet ARB made at school...but by the time she munched on it a bit, and she carried it home from school in the wind, this was how it arrived.  

She was thrilled beyond measure to have made this at school. 

It was an exciting day in third grade that is for sure!

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I have my Baylor Gear on ready to watch the #3 Lady Bears take on the #7 Tennessee Vols. It should be a great game! I am glad I can watch it on tv but bummed that I can't be there to watch it live!

Sic Em Bears!

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Well...the day that someone figured out how to get OUT of her crib has finally arrived!

She made her first great escape last night and we were TOTALLY surprised (and scared)!  Now that I know she can do it, it adds a whole new level of worry. I don't feel comfortable putting her in her crib because "what if she falls out when she is trying to get out"...what then?

We weren't planning on putting her in a big girl bed until we moved into the new house...so for now, this is how she sleeps.  She was so proud and so happy to have her mattress on the floor just like a big girl.  She did great and went to sleep with no problems and slept really really well!

So for now, since Grace is not her middle name, she will "learn" how to sleep without being in a crib which means if when she falls, she isn't falling far. Do I love that this is the new set up...no way, but I can live with it temporarily!

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I spent the day getting these bad boys ready to go out...I am determined to have them in the mailbox by tomorrow. I feel like I am SO behind...it will feel so good to check something else off my list!

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We made our first batch of Chex mix today..this is one of the many traditions we love and this year the girls had a blast helping with it!

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Merry Main Street ...

... A Tradition for our family @ this time of year!

...one the girls {and Mommy and Daddy too} absolutely LOVE

...perfect night-not too cold!

... but still cold enough to need the traditional Starbucks to go along with it!

I L-O-V-E Family Nights Together!

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I love Holiday Cards.....love, love, love them!

I normally love hanging them on my kitchen cabinets to display them...however this year, they are being displayed in this boring basket (the basket can easily be put away when we have a showing) since we can't exactly do things our "normal" way this year. 

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All ready for "International Exchange Day"at LP's school tomorrow.   Should be lots of fun!

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Our BG had unique socks day at school...she chose these stripes and polka dots for her tootsies!

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A certain two year old in our house is slightly {okay a lot} obsessed with these foam bath letters and just HAS to sort them during every bath.  She refused to get out of the tub tonight without sorting the letters first.

Who am I to stop her...certainly not the teacher in me!

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This little tree was delivered to our doorstep on Friday afternoon as a surprise for the girls from their Daddy. It came complete with ornaments and lights for the girls to decorate it with.

He is so sweet...I love him and his precious heart!

 He sure does have a soft spot for those two little girls!

They absolutely LOVE it!

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Today was BIRTHDAY SATURDAY  in our house.  The girls had three parties...Ashton had two and Landry had one in edition to it being my birthday.

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These days our littlest girl is in love with playing puzzles and games.  Her newest discovery is "Canny Lanny" or also known as Candy Land.  I love how her little voice says, "Mommy can you pay Canny Lanny wif me?"

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You wanna know what this is?

Well...it is Jodi jumping my car because the battery died while I was sitting in the parking lot with her today when I thought the car was off, but it wasn't!

I had to call my hubs so he could give us step-by-step instructions on how exactly to use the jumper cables...my dad taught me how to use them back when I was learning to drive, but in all my many, many  years of driving I have NEVER had to use them! Never.

There are lots of details that go along with this picture and really, if we could have taken more pictures it would have been even funnier! Jodi has called me "Jump Start" today and the thought of the whole incident just makes me laugh all over.

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Fall Book Fair.  Lunch Date with Daddy @ school. 3 books for donations and 3 books to keep.