Monday, December 30, 2024

Christmas in Long Island

We packed up the day after Christmas and drove to Long Island to spend a few days with family celebrating the holiday. It's always great getting the cousins together, and we made some sweet memories together again.


Ben was super excited to find some leftover snow there to make a few snowballs & a tiny snowman!





The boys had a blast outside together on Grandpa's tractor!




We went out for a beautiful, belated Christmas dinner together at Nannie & Grandpa's favorite restaurant. Thank you Nannie & Grandpa!










We enjoyed our time together playing lots of games, eating and just hanging out...







I can't believe I didn't capture the chaos of all 4 dogs in the house, but this is one of my favorites :)


The boys spent an afternoon doing a hot wing challenge, while the girls all went off the see the best movie ever! For the girls and I, I think our second time seeing "Wicked" was even better than the first!



Trips to Ulta, nighttime face masks, and girl talk is always a highlight of the trip for these three!


Abby & I snuck away for a few minutes to our happy place together... I'm ready for summer already!


Merry Christmas everyone, and thank you to Nannie & Grandpa for hosting this year!


Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Christmas morning

Merry Christmas!


Someone found their stocking a little early and helped herself to a new toy...



We still made her go wait on the steps though for the rest of them!


There was one happy boy in our house this morning!




Free chapstick from the orthodontist for the win!!!!


Also a lot of items this year from Five Below & Dorcas!



For our cruise ship flag champion!


For our first college-bound kid... how did that happen so fast?!?!?!?




It was a fun morning together, followed by packing up for a trip to LI the next day! 

 

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Merry Christmas Eve!

Merry Christmas Eve from the Beach Family! We enjoyed the morning together exchanging gifts, sharing laughs, & ending the day with a Christmas Eve service at church. 







The dancing cactus toy provided A LOT of fun this morning!


Thanks to Mor-Mor for the new friendship lamps that my kids will enjoy- especially when Abby is off to college in the fall! 



I was thrilled to finally be back in-person for our Christmas Eve service at church since before COVID!





Christmas in Long Island

We packed up the day after Christmas and drove to Long Island to spend a few days with family celebrating the holiday. It's always great...