Happy Sunday! :) Christmas Cookies Party Pictures :) Wrapping Presents :) Christmas Smiles! :)
Happy Christmas Smiles Sunday! :) We're enjoying a wonderful day, and an awesome festive weekend! :) The Christmas Cookies party was rockin n jingle bells rollin, lots of fun! :) We're having so much fun, celebrating the weekend and holiday spirit with everyone :) We're very happy and excited! :) yesterday evening, my family, Holly, and i had a super fun time, at Jenn's and family's Christmas cookies party :) they baked lots and lots of cookies, and cooked soup :) they had a big table full of cookies, crackers, snacks, and cheeses :) We saw Jenn and family's beautiful Christmas tree and decorations :) Taylynn, Holly, and i wore our Elf shirts, and Taylynn wore an elf hat :) we got our picture taken :) the kids were having lots of fun playing :) little Carter and little Brodie are growing a lot :) The home alone 2 movie was on :) You all were right there with us in spirit :) lots of holiday spirit! :) We enjoyed the foods, cookies, and drinks :) Holly and i brought our iced coffees :) cheers! :) Lisa came to the party after work :) We were so happy she joined us :) We gave Jenn and family, and Lisa Christmas cards :) Holly was so excited, her first time going to the Christmas cookies party :) We were sharing lots of smiles, and many special memories being made :) the kids all gathered around the Christmas tree, and got their picture taken :) Jenn took a picture of Holly and i next to their Christmas tree :) The kids were playing nintendo switch, mario kart games :) Hunter came in 1st place! :) he was so proud! :) awww! :) We had such a wonderful time at the cookies party :) We thanked Jenn, Mike, and the kids for having us over, for a wonderful cookies party :) We got to bring home some cookies :) it was so nice of Jenn and family to have a cookies party for us :) i'm so happy and excited to share pictures from the party :) We saw Christmas lights on the way home :) Holly and i watched a Christmas movie last night :) The weekend is full of Christmas time spirit :) Today, Holly and i wrapped Christmas presents, we got the football games on, and enjoying all of the holiday spirit cheer :) it's such a fun, and exciting time, and there's so much more to look forward too :) Tomorrow, i'm going to bake some cookies :) snickerdoodles, gingerbread, and peanut butter cookies, to put into containders/tins for gifts :) We're s happy and excited to share in, and celebrate a wonderful, upcoming week, with all of the Christmas week festivities, traditions, and celebrations :) Twas 3 days until Christmas holiday! :) We've got our Christmas trees and lights glowing, and our very happy hearts are glowing :) Enjoying a wonderful day and weekend, with family, friends, nature, and the beautiful spirit of Christmas time :) Happy Christmas week! :) we look forward to celebrating Christmas with you and your family's :) it's going to be a wonderful week :) Season's greetings, and happy Christmas smiles, from our hearts and holiday homes, to yours :)
CHRISTMAS COOKIES PARTY CELEBRATIONS!!! :) a wonderful holiday season tradition! :) We're so happy and excited! :) Hi angel friends! :) Big warm cozy happy holiday hugs, sent with our love :) Is everyone ready for a big Christmas week! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, keeping warm, and enjoying a wonderful day, and a beautifully festive weekend :) We had a very special time, celebrating Jenn's and family's Christmas cookies party yesterday evening :) You all were right there with us in spirit :) it's a very special tradition that began years ago, when Mikey was 1 year old :) Jenn and Mike had a Cookies party and the tradition has continued each year :) Jenn, Mike, Mikey, Hunter, and Carter invited us all over for a wonderful Christmas cookies party yesterday evening :) throughout the day, we were loking forward to the party :) my mom and dad bought a cool Elf sweater for Taylynn, and an Elf hat, and Holly and i had our Elf shirts :) Holly bought me an Elf shirt last year, and she created an Elf shirt, using ornaments, and decorations :) i wore my green necklace, and also a cool candy cane themed Christmas tie :) Lots of great excitement built up, as the evening approached :) Alyssa and the kids were here, and we were getting ready to go to Jenn's and family's home for the cookies party :) Around 4:30pm, we were all set, and ready to saddle up our sleigh, and jingle bell our way over to the party! :)
We were so happy and excited, with lots of festive Christmas spirit :) We enjoyed a nice car ride over to Jenn's and family's home :) Brayden, Colby, and Jacob were playing a game in the car, they'd say, "who likes Santa Claus, raise your hand!" and "who likes Christmas, raise your hand!" hehe! :) we were playing along with the game :) Holly was so excited! :) her first time going to the cookies party :) each year, i always texted her about the party, and it's so thrilling, that she's with us now, and going with us to the Cookies party! :) We love it!!! :) We arrived at Jenn's home :) Jenn and family greeted us :) Hunter said, "are the boys here?" (he calls the triplets, the Boys :) awww! :) when he saw us all getting out of the car, he was smiling and jumping up and down! hehe! :) lots of awesome spirit :) Jenn and family welcomed us into their home :) they had the home alone 2 movie on, and their Christmas tree glowing :) Their Christmas tree is beautiful, and filled with lots of wonderful ornaments, candy, and lots more :) they have a star on top of their tree :) We were all gathered around ,looking at their Christmas tree, d ecorations, and sharing in the awesome festive spirit :) Holly and i gave Jenn and family a Merry Christmas card :) earlier, we had given Merry Christmas cards to my mom, dad, Alyssa and family :)
Jenn and family had a huge table set up, with a Christmas tree, with Elf on the Shelf on the tree! hehe! :) the kids love the elf on the shelf! :) Their table was full of plates of cookies :) Jenn, Mike, and the kids baked lots of nice christmas cookies throughout the afternoon :) gingerbread, sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies, double chocolate cherry chip cookies, peanut butter cookies, plus they had some snacks :) crackers, cheese, pretzels, mixed nuts :) i took pictures of the table, their tree, and decorations :) Jenn and Mike cooked some delicious sausage and bacon cream soup :) they also had some more cookies in the oven :) we love the scent of soup and cookies baking :) We were all gathered around, you all were right there with us in spirit :) The kids were so excited, playing and having a good ole Christmas fun time :) Holly and i brought our iced coffees :)
Taylynn, Holly, and i got our picture taken :) We love our elf shirts, hat, and decorations we were wearing :) lots of Christmas time cheer! :) we were sitting around the table :) my mom, Holly and i were talking :) The kids were so excited, and are looking forward to santa claus bringing them presents :) Mikey was sitting with us, and we were talking about the very first Christmas cookies party :) Holly's so proud, she went to her first cookies party with us :) Jenn and Mike dished us up some bowls of soup, i had crackers with my soup :) Holly was having cheese, crackers, and we also dished up some cookies :)
The soups, crackers, cheese, and cookies are delicious! :) We were enjoying, and sipping our iced coffee :) they also had fruit punch soda, and sprite soda :) We were having so much fun, enjoying the cookies party :) Lisa got out of work early, she came over to the cookies party :) we all greeted her :) Holly and i gave Lisa her Christmas card, for her and Kayla :) She loves it! :) We were all enjoying such a fun time :) Brodie is walking and running around now, and Carter is crawling around :) the kids were having fun, tossing a ball around, and also hooked up the nintendo switch gaming system :) The kids were playing the mario kart game :)Hunter won the race, and was so proud, and smiling :) The kids love the video games :) We were enjoying a very nice visit :) my mom let us use her cell phone, to check out the Patriots football game :) Jenn and Mike made a bowl of soup for us to bring home, for my dad, and we also got some zip lock bags to bring home some cookies :) We all picked out some cookies, and treats to bring home :) this is so very nice, and sweet of Jenn, Mike, and the kids, treating us all to such a wonderful Christmas cookies party :)
We thanked Jenn, Mike, Mikey, Hunter, and Carter for the wonderful cookies party :) Jenn took a picture of Holly and i next to their Christmas tree :) We were all getting ready, to make our journy home :) We thanked Jenn, Mike, and family again, for having us over for such a fun, and festive evening, celebrating Christmas cookies party :) we walked outside, and saw some Christmas projection lights off into the distance :) Jenn walked us to our cars :) We wished Jenn and family a good night, and began our journey home :) on the way home, we saw some more Christmas lights, decorations, and were talking about the awesome fun time we had at the cookies party :) many special memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) Last night, Holly and i watched one of our favoirte Christmas movies, "Christmas Vacation" :) it was such a wonderful evening and night :) We're loving all of the Christmas time festivities, traditions, and cheer :) We're so happy we brought home some cookies from the party to enjoy :) we love cookies and iced coffee :) i'm so happy and excited to share pictures, from the Christmas cookies party :)
The Christmas spirit is all around :) it's a very exciting time of the year :) We've been reflecting back upon the wonderful day yesterday, with Christmas shopping, cookies party, and Christmas time surprises :) my mom loves her lottery tickets wreathe, and Holly loves her lottery tickets tree :) it's on our table here, and we've putting some treasures and cards around our tree :) Holly and i are going to surprise my dad, Lisa and Kayla, Alyssa and Aj, and Jenn and Mike, with lottery tickets wreathes :) We're going to scratch lottery tickets on Christmas eve :) Holly and i are having a big weekend, wrapping Christmas presents :) we're doing awesome, wrapping the presents :) it's so much fun! :) We've gotten lots of presents for our family :) i'm going to wrap presents i got for Holly :) we're also planning some cookies baking for tomorrow :) gingerbread cookies, snickerdoodles cookies, and peanut butter cookies :) we're going to put the cookies into containers, and tins, to give as gifts :) we're loving all of the Christmas preparations and holiday cheer :) my mom and dad went out to shop today, and we've been wrapping presents, organizing :) We're using tote bags to put gifts in, so that we keep all of the gifts organized :) it's awesome fun :) We're going to do some more preparations tomorrow, and getting ready for our Christmas eve party here at home :)
It's a football sunday!!! :) We love football weekend's :) it's that time of the year now, with games on saturday and sunday :) The playoffs are near :) the playoffs fields are almost fully set, for the AFC and NFC :) the playoffs begin in 2 weeks :) The Patriots, 49ers, and Texans had some big wins yesterday :) Holly and i prepared some foods, snacks, and have iced coffees :) We're enjoying the games, and Christmas preparations :) We love cheering on our teams :) We have lots of friends who are football fans :) We love hearing about your gameday traditions :) we hope everyone who is watching football, are enjoying the games, and we hope everyone's teams are doing well :) it's very exciting, the playoffs are coming up, and the journey to superbowl :) There's lots of great games to look forward too :) my Redskins had a very close loss today, it was a wild, thrilling game. it went to overtime. the Giants won, 41-35. wow! it was quite the game. it was on tv here, Holly and i got to watch the game :) The Redskins are continuing to grow as a team, and will be a big off-season for them :) Holly's Ravens won today, they're having an amazing season, at 13-2 :)
We're enjoying a great day, and a wonderful festive weekend :) Christmas time spirit, fun, and traditions! :) we love it!! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, and are in great spirits :) We're enjoying the weekend, so very much, and all of the awesome times being shared, and many special memories being made :) Christmas week is arriving with lots of spirit :) We're so happy and excited to celebrate the upcoming days, and week with everyone :) Christmas time preparations, festivities, visits with family :) We're going to visit with my grandma either tomorrow or on tuesday :) we love our Christmas time visit with her :) We're going to have family over to visit, having a Christmas Eve party here at our home :) We're gonna go out on tuesday morning to get treats, Christmas holiday, and lots more, leading us into another super fun baking friday adventure, a countdown to 2020! :) i look forward to sharing all about our upcoming week, celebrations, festivities, and sharing lots of pictures, and hearing all about your upcoming holiday week :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group warm caring happy holiday friednship hug :) There's many more special times, and great things to look forward too, with family, friends, nature, and the wonderful festive spirit of the holiday season :)
-never lose hope :)
To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, it's a wonderful day and weekend :) We had lots of fun at the Christmas cookies party yesterday evening :) There's a wonderful holiday spirit in the air, with lots of great memories being made :) Today, we wrapped Christmas presents, watching football, and getting ready for a big Christmas week :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)
my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone is having a really good day and weekend" :) awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a wonderful festive weekend :) We're so happy and excited to celebrate the joys of Christmas time with you and your family's :) it's going to be an awesome and fun upcoming Christmas week :) We look forward to celebrating with you and your family's :)
CHRISTMAS COOKIES PARTY!!! :) my family, Holly, and i had a wonderful time, at Jenn's and family's Christmas party :) You all were with us in spirit :) a very special thank you for my sister Jenn, Mike, Mikey, Hunter, and Carter, for having us over for the party :) We love these very special times, and all of the great memories being made :) we enjoyed the delicious soups, snacks, crackers, cheese, cookies, and mixed nuts :) We enjoyed seeing Jenn's and family's Christmas tree, and decorations :) Taylynn, Holly, and i love our Elf shirts, hat, and decorations we wore :) lots of awesome festive spirit, and Christmas time cheer! :) We're so happy and excited to share pictures, from the Christmas Cookies party :) Christmas cheer and Smiles! :)

Taylynn, Holly and i :) Christmas smiles :)


Jenn and Family's Christmas Tree :)
Jenn and family had a huge table full of goodies :)




Christmas Presents for Holly! :) i wrapped Holly's Christmas presents today :) i've been having lots of fun shopping for gifts :) This is a picture of Holly's presents :) We're getting ready for a wonderful Christmas holiday :) It's Holly's first Christmas with us :) it's gonna be so much fun, all throughout the week, celebrating :)
Christmas town is rockin n jingle bells rollin with all of the excitement of the season :) i'm looking forward to putting on more Christmas movies this upcoming week, and doing s ome more decorating :) Christmas week is here :) happy holiday's, and Merry Christmas wishes and greetings, from Christmas town :)



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Hi Chris Glad you and your family are having a nice day enjoying football and the holidays.I enjoyed seeing your photos from the party last night. Jenn and family have a beautiful tree and a wonderful cookie table, You Holly and Taylynn look awesome in your elf shirts and hats. Christmas town is looking merry and bright and I'm sure Holly will love all her gifts you bought for her too. Thanks for all my nice hugs today Enjoy a good night hugs to everyone-Stephanie
Wow those Christmas cookies look yummy and delicious. I love Jenn's Christmas tree. It is so nice to see you, Holly, Taylynn and all your nephews. You all look so nice and festive. It is so nice that your nephews all have each other as friends. Everything looks so festive. Thank you very much for sharing. Hugs & love & Christmas spirit merry smiles. :)
Ooh, wow, Chris...It looks like you elves (You, Holly, and Taylynn) and all of your family had a festive party! The table full of goodies looks like a real treat too! That’s a lot of gifts to Holly Elf from Chris Elf! Will you mix yours and her gifts up under your tree? I like to do that! Holly seems to be becoming much braver now. She even let you post pictures of her! Wow! I don’t think I’ll ever do that, but I’m glad she did. She looked amazing with you and Taylynn :)
Hugs,
Amira.
Hi Chris really enjoyed reading your journal about your cookie party it was just so beautiful the tree is so big and the kids and I love the picture of all of you and you and Holly look so good and cute and your elf shirts. Are used to play elf for Bruce when he was playing Santa Claus but it’s hard work didn’t want to be an elf anymore. Ha ha. Well jingle bells and happy holidays to you and your family thank you for sharing your tradition days with us I always feel like I’m there with you in spirit the cookies look delicious the layout was terrific it was just like a dream merry Christmas And happy new year my friends love you all from Bruce And Shirley <3 Ho HO Ho
Aww, so lovely to see a picture of you and Holly together. Rockin’ Christmas 2019! The last Christmas of the decade! xxx
Great pictures. Cookies look delicious. What a wonderful celebration. I love your Christmas sweaters! Thanks for sharing your day. I was cheering for the Redskins. Close game. Hugs! Brooke
Very nice photos of all the goodies. and a lovely photo of you and Holly (and Taylynn. :D