One thing on our fall bucket list was to make caramel apples with our Nene.October is my favorite color 🍁🍂 Tennessee football is unmatched 🏈🍊 Speaking of Tennessee football, Koby has been cheering on the Vols since 2010.Ranger loves family movie night.I took up a new hobby 🎨🖌 Date nights, especially the ones at home in bed with your favorite takeout, are top tier.Another semester down! Spent hours completing assignments, essays, midterms, and final exams.One of my all-time favorite traditions is our ugly ornament exchange. Low quality pictures, but high quality memories.We love hosting our family when they come to visit, especially for the holidays. Gathering around a restaurant table over pizza, counting down how many sleeps until Christmas will forever be a core memory.Each night of December, I put together something fun for us to do as a family. Elf Night will always be one of my favorite things!Our Christmas Eve morning tradition: North Pole Breakfast with Santa pancakesMatching Christmas pajamas……and intense Christmas Eve Minute to Win It gamesMy absolute favorite photos from Christmas 🎄Every year on New Year’s Eve, we have steaks and twice baked potatoes for dinner and watch the ball drop.Our Valentine’s Day mailbox tradition continues. Even when our kids are adults, I will probably still stuff these mailboxes with candy and love notes. This is by far one of my favorite traditions.Our boy turned sixteen! We spent the day in his favorite city doing some of his favorite things. ⛳️🍔🏒 Koby turned fourteen! We surprised him with his favorite breakfast, spent the day shopping, and had Oreo ice cream cake.We love the new flooring we had installed. A more in-depth post on that coming soon.
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