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Thursday, September 11, 2025

Thanksgiving, Christmas, Baby Shower

We had a happy Thanksgiving at our house. We celebrated Christmas together with thoughtful gifts and family time. In January, we held Lily’s baby shower at our house. It was a wonderful collection of ladies who helped us welcome her baby-to-be.

Dawson, Laney, and Lily
Thanksgiving 2024

Shelly and Lily

Baby Stevens!

Christmas Morning 2024

Baby shower January 2025

Dawson and Lily
Baby Shower

Family after the baby shower

Monday, January 14, 2019

December 2018

I decorated my dad’s house for the holidays. I was happy to do it for him.

Lily came home from her first semester at college on December 7th! We went to see Bohemian Rhapsody and that kicked off a month of movies for us.

The girls decorated their gingerbread houses.

We went on an airplane ride over the area to see the Christmas lights from the sky. It was such a fun adventure that Lily’s roommate’s dad arranged for us. Afterward, we walked through one of the light displays.

Lily was part of a college panel at her former high school. They answered questions about the freshmen experience.

A few days before Christmas, we went with John’s family to Wintergreen. It was a fun family weekend. Shelly tried skiing and wasn’t a huge fan, but I was happy she tried.

On Christmas Eve, we went to John’s sister’s house for the festivities with his family. Then we spent the night at my dad’s house awaiting the arrow Santa.

Christmas Day was fun and filled with thoughtful gifts. We spent the evening at my sister’s house playing games and eating yummy food.

We did a little after Christmas shopping and found a few good deals.

New Years Eve, Lily went to a friend’s house for a party and Shelly had her friend Kenzie over. We had the traditional Foster NYE appetizers and we all stayed up until midnight!

Thursday, November 09, 2017

Christmas is Coming

Ok, I couldn't help myself when I saw a few cute Christmas things on sale at Target and Michaels. And, I decided to just go ahead and put them out. No need to put them away when I'll be pulling out those Christmas buckets soon.

Brush bottle trees from Target (large ones are $3 and the small one is $1)

Found this sign at Michaels for $7 on sale. Thought it looked cute on the bar cart.

Sunday, January 15, 2017

Teacher Gifts Christmas 2016

This year for the teacher Christmas gifts (16 total), we decided to give them some chocolates, a hot chocolate stick, a candy cane, and a Starbuck's gift card. I didn't snap the best photos of them, but here they are put together before the girls took them to school. I bought the fun little tags at Target and they worked out perfectly for the gifts.

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Christmas

On Christmas Eve, we spend the evening with John's family and then head to my dad's for the night. The girls put out reindeer food, write a note to Santa, and prepare cookies and milk for him.

Ready for bed

Feeding the reindeer

While they're all snuggled in bed, Santa and the reindeer arrive with stocking stuffers gifts and presents. When we get up on Christmas morning, we open the gifts in their stockings and then head to the living room for the presents.

Opening stocking stuffers

Gifts in the living room

It's a busy morning and afterward we have a yummy breakfast of egg casserole, cinnamon rolls, and mimosas.

The evening is spent with my sister's family where we have another great meal.

Shelly and Krissy on Christmas night

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas wishes to one and all.

Monday, December 14, 2015

Teacher Gifts

One of my favorite things this time of year is putting together a fun little gift for the teachers. This year I found these great 2016 planners at Marshalls for $2.99. I put the planners together with a tasty little treat that I found at Target for $1.00. They are not only yummy but they are packaged in such a fun way. To complete the gifts, I added a Starbucks gift card. I also found these whimsical 12 days of Christmas gift bags at Marshalls.

We like to give gifts to many of the people at the schools, so I attempt to put together a fun but economical gift. This one was just $9.00 a person. And for the male teachers, we put together a holiday box of chocolates and a Starbucks gift card. Always a good time coming up with new and different teacher gift ideas.