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The Bunch Watch L Sing At The Arboretum

 

We had a blast at the arboretum!

The Arboretum was beautiful! Their theme was the twelve days of Christmas and they did a great job. I also learned that having a better camera doesn't equal better pictures if you don't know how to use your camera! The kids took WAY better pics than I did so D and I decided we're going to watch the tutorial on how to use the camera. I miss the point and shoot days. L's group was by far the largest there. They brought their own risers, keyboard, and sound system and performed for about an hour. Afterwards, we walked around the arboretum and looked at all the beautiful lights. I wanted to stay longer, but the general consensus was that everyone was tired and wanted to go home so after about an hour we left.

L arrived at 4 pm with her choir, but we had to wait until 6pm to enter.

It was beautiful.

There were a lot of kids who went.

They set up in the middle of the Christmas Village.

It was fun to look at all the shops set up in the village. However at $9 per cup of cocoa, we decided to wait until we got home!

We were waiting on L so we started playing with the camera.

T took this pic. I am not sure where they learned how to take pics, but it wasn't from me, obviously!😂

The was the indoor decor of one of the shops.

The decor was just so fun!

The tree was lit up to music.

Still figuring out how to use the camera!😂😂

This was the ladies dancing display. All the displays were really done well.

What a fun night!

A did really well this semester! Even working about 25 hours and taking a full course load, she pulled straight A's! It was hard and every second she was either working, studying, or sleeping, but she did it! I am very proud of her. She has about another year until she graduates with her actual Vet Tech license. Right now she has her Vet Assistant certification so she is working as an assistant until she finishes her Tech degree. This year I sent our baking day goodies to her work instead of D's. I am not sure D appreciated that, but his work got them the past 14 years so I think it's fine. Besides I did not make very many and his works requires a TON of goodies. 

We are ready for Christmas! I can't believe there is only a week left. Tonight we are meeting C and H in Sherman to have dinner and then go through the drive thru light display. We really LOVED this display a few years ago so hopefully it hasn't changed too much. We are also celebrating D's birthday. He works on his actual birthday so we are going to celebrate this weekend. We might go watch the new Avatar movie, but a 3 hr and 15 run time is really long! We might wait until we can comfortably watch it at home!


Practicing with the camera while L does the dishes. The kids really do help out a lot. They're good kids.

We spent our down time playing cards and watching Hallmark movies.

Maisy is such a helper.

She always wins! I am not sure how, but she has to cheat!

Our tree. T has been asking to open presents almost daily. He really is just a big kid.

Noelle loves her cuddles when it's cold out.

My kids and their blankets!😂 None of them can go anywhere without their blankie.


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