This year, we celebrated early Christmas pre-Christmas Hanukkah extra special Christmas with my parents and brother since we’ll be spending Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with the Shulls.  Yesterday, we pretended like it was Christmas Eve and went to my…

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This weekend was filled with lots of jammies, cocoa and of course, Christmas.  First, the Lowe family had our annual Jammy Cocoa Christmas night.  This is when we put on our pjs, go inside Starbucks (yes, in our pjs), get…

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Yesterday, Kensington Kate celebrated a few firsts…  It was her first time to decorate a gingerbread house.  Andrew, Smith and I went to her pre-school Christmas party yesterday afternoon, then when we got home, Smith went down for a nap…

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Last night, we headed to the Galleria to meet Santa.  Kensington has cried her head off the last two years, so we had been discussing this meeting for over a week.  (If you want to see the most pathetic picture…

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On Friday morning, we rented a Suburban, picked up my parents, and headed 4 hours south to Fredericksburg for what has become our annual Christmas vacation.  It’s crazy how things change. Last year, I was 9 months pregnant and it…

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We had the best, best time last night!  First, we ate dinner at this yummy gourmet burger restaurant on the McKinney Square, called Square Burger :).  A burger and sweet potato fries is probably one of my all-time favorite meals. …

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 family room tree  Tree in my study Kensington’s tree (which looks spectacular with her pink snowman sheets)

On Saturday night, we made our annual trip to Southlake to see the town square Christmas lighting and Santa.  “What mom?”  “Oh, smile for the camera!”  Smith and his Lovie  It was so festive!!  Sean, Kensington and Ryan (who was…

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Our first stop on the trip to Missouri is always IHOP. Here we are eating breakfast at 6:20 in the morning. I’m a much happier passenger after a big plate of pancakes! Andrew’s favorite restaurant in Joplin is Pizza By…

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We love to play dominoes! The four cousins…I love these guys so much! Casey and Brooke Lilly looks mean in this picture…and she’s the sweetest of them all! Papa Jay and Tulip This is what happens when you ask Sean…

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Karen and Bryan Aren’t we cute??? Jessica and Erika Keith and Danny Tab and Andrew Scott and Carrie Tessa and Jason This weekend, our Sunday School class had a 1980s Tacky Christmas Party. We had some over the top people…

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Andrew and Dad watching the Cowboy’s Game Mom and I watching the Cowboy’s Game Andrew and I taking a break from shopping Downtown Chicago at night Lunch at Mike Ditka’s restaurant It’s snowing!!!!!! Now, it’s snowing really hard!!! Andrew, my…

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