end of the year re-cap.

I never got around to posting about our November, and now it's the last day of 2014! So here's the end of our year, mainly in photos.

Last soccer game of the season ... and it was freezing!

We had such a great time at the Centennial Homecoming celebration at Gus' parents' church, First Presbyterian Church in Havana. The last picture of Gus was in one of the photo albums on display ... looks a lot like one of our boys :)

The dreaded stomach bug invaded our home in November [very thankful Gus was spared], and this sweet guy would not leave my side. I think I had him worried :(

Baking cookies with Nana & enjoying an art afternoon with Mama Anne ...

Studying Anatomy @ CC ... learning about pig organs from Dr. Franz + tracing bodies and pasting organs!

End of the semester field trip to Mission San Luis with all of the Tallahassee CC locations ...

 

Annual tradition ... Getting our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving @ Lowes.

We headed to Disney for a week the Sunday after Thanksgiving [i posted about it here and here] ... we were packed down!

We participated in Havana's annual lawnmower parade ... and won first place! Gus' parents & neighbors always come up with a great theme and float each year. This year's Frozen theme was a huge hit with everyone. We had the perfect Elsas, Annas, Sven, Olaf & Kristoff to participate.

We had our Sunday School class over for an "Ugly Christmas Sweater" party, which included a wrapping game ... it was hilarious!

Making ornaments + cookies :)

Ice cream party with Matthew & Hudson's CC classes @ Winthrop Park ...

Christmas Eve @ Aunt Susie & Uncle Dave's!

 

Christmas day :)

Random photos the past two months ...

four friday faves.

[1] Gift cards ... I always love receiving these for Christmas, always.
[2] The state of our family room at the moment ... normally this would cause my head to spin, but not this time of year :) Right now it represents fun times with our favorite little people.
[3] Joules "field welly" rain boots ... Since we had a crazy amount of rain the three days before Christmas, I've been thinking how I really need to replace my current boots that have holes in them.
[4] Christmas Eve service ... Growing up, we spent half our Christmases in Atlanta with my Mom's side of the family. I love the memories of going to my aunt & uncle's church for their Christmas Eve service. Since our church doesn't have a service, we went to St. Peter's Anglican church in Tallahassee this Christmas Eve. I loved it. I loved the formality, the songs, the sermon, and my favorite ... the entire congregation singing Silent Night by candlelight on our knees.