It was hard to follow November, but December had lots of great moments and fun memories before we say 'hello' to 2025.
We're never sure if this silly elf is coming back, but she showed up again this year and brought some silly tricks to brighten Rose's morning.
This year we tried a new countdown calendar- 25 national parks puzzles. We all agreed this was one of our favorites.
December also made Rose very hungry and nothing fixes her hunger more that a shopping trip where she can just pick out whatever she wants :)
Justin also finished a paint redo for Rose's bathroom. While her first choice of colors was fun, the blue and cream match her bedroom.
We had some visitors and got to visit the Crayola factory, see some Christmas lights, and have a sleepover!
While these two only got to know each other because their dads are friends, they've quickly made their own friendship and it's been great to see it grow.
Although the weather was chilly, I can always eat ice cream! So we got some ice cream and drove around to see Christmas lights in celebration of the winter solstice. Now bring on longer days and warmer weather!
We got an early Christmas present with a new couch and I can safely say, everyone loves it!
On a non Christmas note: we also love Pumpkin dressed as a crabby crab :) It kind of fits her personality ;)
Rose has been loving her Food Sciences class and for Christmas they did a cookie exchange. Rose also learned a lesson in baking, sometimes things don't work out, so these cookies were our second attempt and they came out much better!
Rose had a great time at her cookie exchange and we all had a great time eating all the cookies.
We built a gingerbread house and all helped decorate it
I think it turned out to be one of our favorites
Christmas Eve Rose completed her countdown puzzles of national parks, maybe we'll get to visit some new ones in 2025!
And we did a last minute shopping run for a Lego train set
We also made some yummy cookies to eat until Santa came...
Christmas Day was relaxing, since Rose was not feeling well. We enjoyed just being home and spending the day together.
As we were getting ready for New Year's we reviewed our 2024 Bucket List and realized we hadn't made it to the ocean. So we packed up for a day trip to our favorite beach!!
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We also got a really delicious lunch with beer for the adults
and a yummy dessert for everyone!
We ended the year hanging out with family. Surprisingly most of us made it to midnight :)
Some favorite moments from 2024:
Disney
Las Vegas, Zion, Hoover Dam, Death Valley
Finishing the Fence
Camping Trips
Painting several rooms
New couch
We mostly finished our 2024 Bucket List and have started another list of goals for 2025. Here's to lots more memories waiting to be made :)
