the one with my Christmas Notes, 2017

Or otherwise known as “what the heck did we do?” 

Every other year, Devin’s family as in BIG ASS EXTENDED FAMILY, travels from all across our great state (and Wisconsin) to gather and pig out. It falls on the odd years and hello!  This is it!  It’s tons of good food and fun people and drinking and kids. Kids everywhere!  I haven’t even poured through my photographs yet, and I will, I promise. But before I forgot 1/2 and everything happened, everything I cooked, and everything I gave, I thought I would start a blog post and compile all my Christmas notes. Are you ready?

Summer graduated from TCU, by the way. And the day after, we moved her home for the Holodays. She’ll be here until she starts her internship in a Dallas next month. 

Kalyn Marie drove in on Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve was the day where we went to mass in the am and mass in the pm. Followed by Christmas Eve Dinner at David and Davida’s, Devin’s mom and dad. Jason and Emily were here, Devin’s brother, with their two adult children and we always have so much fun together. Maybe too much fun!  But still. Who cares?!?  

We are still in the rent house.  The farm house is not done yet...so close but not completely there.   And I know I'm dumping a ton of photos here, but it's so important to update my blog to keep my life appearing semi-sane.  HELLO!  

Here it is May and I'm just now blogging Chrstimas, how sane is my life?

Love Does,
Kristin

You have to post a tree shot every Christmas. Especially when there's this many presents under it!!!  HELLO!

Our church has the most gorgeous tree!!!

Cozy and nice. The girls always get new pj’s on Christmas even and this year? Onsies!!! So cute! And Santa was pretty darn cool to them. He gave them many adult gifts, like a vacuum, yeah, I know. But it’s a Dyson?!?!

and they gave me some kick ass Hunter booties. Hello! These will come in handy for Seattle.

I’ve really been trying to make sure we take more group photos together. Instead of simply snap chats. You know?

After mass we headed to David and Davida’s and of course, at too much, drank too much, but definitely had just the right amount of fun. We always do.

My niece Brooke, she’s been working a year at the station now and “adult-ing” which means we don’t see her as often as we used to. It was definitely fun catching up with her.

The sectional serves it purpose well. We were stuffed and needed a good lean back. LOL

Christmas Day is when the family arrives and we start eating again! It was so good to see everyone and catch up. LOVE this family!