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Gingerbread Houses 2013

Gingerbread 2013
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I think my eyes bugged out more than the girls when I saw this set up!

Gingerbread 2013

This year my friend Laura invited us over to do Gingerbread Houses with her and I am so glad she did!! She had big houses set up for her and I. Then she let the girls pick between houses, trees or a carousel. They both chose to do a chalet. Laura gave us each bowls to fill with candy, a bag of icing and we got to work.

Gingerbread 2013

Hard at work.

Gingerbread 2013

The front of Nadia’s house.

Gingerbread 2013

The front of Amelie’s house.

Gingerbread 2013

The front of my house.

Gingerbread 2013

The back of my house. And because I got to do my own, that meant I could be symmetrical 🙂 Laura says that we can make this a new tradition and we are so excited!

Gingerbread 2013

And this is the craft gingerbread house that the girls made with Aunt Tahni during her visit. I think we covered all the gingerbread bases.

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Thankful Thursday

  • For getting our entire LOA packet completed and Fed Ex’d back to our agency. They have done their part and sent it on to the Department of Homeland Security for America to accept her joining our family.
  • For all the love and sweet words we have heard about Dani.
  • For how great our agency is in making the next steps goof-proof.
  • For all the fun we have been having celebrating Christmas time.
  • For the fun we had celebrating Bayli graduating from North Texas.
  • For Tahni spending time with us last weekend. The girls had a blast with their aunt.
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Introducing Dani

Dani LOA

We are proud to introduce Dani to the world now that we have LOA. These photos are from when she was 12 months old and now she is 20 months old. We hope to travel in Feb or early March to meet her and complete the adoption.

Dani LOA Dani LOA

Dani LOA

And one more photo just for fun!

Dani LOA

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Thankful Thursday

I am thankful for our new dryer. No more SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK!!!!! Our old one was 14 years old and Mike had fixed it a few times, but this time it only lasted about a month. The new dryer is wonderful and gets the clothes dried so fast! During ICEPOCALYPSE I think I managed to try out all the settings.