My Sweet Advent Calendar

On the last day of November–alllll those weeks ago- haha– April and Lily came over and gave me an amazing surprise.

Ok, yes, they brought me a yummy cinnamon roll that Lily made and some hot chocolate, but the REAL surprise was…..

this beautiful box…

with all it’s mysterious littler boxes….

that April’s family filled up with…

all kinds of magical Christmasy things!

There were candy canes and water bottle stickers and brown sugar fudge…

yummy lip gloss…

a soft, fluffy wash cloth…

and even a ridiculous Perfect Man made of chocolate.

Ohhhhh Aprilllll. Hahaha.

One box held heavenly soft plaid socks…

another had a chocolate marshmallow Santa–that only April and I truly appreciate. Heh.

There were lovely ornaments…

chocolates and more ornaments…

and MORE chocolate!!!

I especially loved the teeny, tiny Mrs. Claus cup ornament.

You know, I always wanted to be Mrs Claus when I grew up.

I’m not even kidding.

Best of all–each of those different boxes came with a sweet littleĀ  note from Hazel, Lily, Beckham, Jacob or April that I will love and cherish forever.

Thank you so much my sweethearts.

You made itĀ like Christmas every single day.

Press Start

Our sweet Jessica is a lovely member of the AF Symphony and we LOVE going to her concerts!

So it goes without saying that when they had one totally dedicated to video game music–

we said, “Ohhhh HECK yeah!”

Apparently, a boatload of people felt the same.

Before it started the place was

packed!!

They even had sweet little programs that looked like controllers…

a slightly eerie choir…

and a video music trivia game where people won all kinds of retro prizes–

like Lemonheads, and Laffy Taffy and Chick-o-Sticks!

If I’d have only known…I’d have studied ahead.

Every bit of this fun music made a couple of people…

incredibly happy.

Good job Jessica! You’re amazing and we love you.

 

Welcome to my official Birthday party…in the canyon…that I love almost as much as these awesome people.

But not quite.

In truth, as much as I love the canyon…

I actually love these people…

a billion…

times…

more.

Ok, a trillion.

Easy.

Now that we’ve established how much I love my sweet family,Ā  I still have to say…

look at this beautiful scenery!!

Even with the sleepy girl, haha.

The canyon in the fall is the most beautiful place with the changing leaves…

the chilly river…

and the gorgeous mountains.

And all I have to do is sit here and love it all.

Which is amazingly easy.

Families are forever and I’m so grateful.