Hester Happenings

After the Christmas Eve service we went back to my parent's house and decorated a gingerbread house: Tillie and I got some snuggle time: The next morning we got our annual Christmas PJ pictures: This year my grandparents got to join us! Mom wanted a picture with Tillie for her first Christmas: And here is one with her two grandbabies.... We have a German tradition of finding a hidden pickle in the Christmas tree. While looking I broke an ornament while Lauren found the pickle: Then it was present time: Next we went over to Reggie and Korrie's house to spend Christmas morning with Jeff's family: This year we got the boys books that had their names in them: Then the boys dressed up in some of their presents: We then went back to our house and exchanged gifts. Jeff got me this pretty scarf: After a Christmas nap we went back to Reggie and Korrie's place for a delic...

Jeff and I started off our Christmas celebration by going to see A Christmas Carol at the DPAC with my mom and grandma. We got to stop for some pizza at Mellow Mushroom first: We decorated our own tree. I made our topper this year, I'm trying to transition some of our decorations to burlap. We then went to Providence for our annual Christmas Eve service with the Gardenhire family. We have grown up with this family and they have 4 girls just like we do.    We always take a picture in age order. Here are some from years past:     Our family: The Gardenhire family: Number 1s: Number 2s: Number 3s: Number 4s: The newest additions to our families: They were both dressed so adorably cute in some Christmas gear! This was the start to our Christmas, be on the look out for more Christmas pictures.

Jeff's high school held an alumni basketball game right before Christmas. Jeff got to play in this game against a rival high school- Lexington. I have always enjoyed watching Jeff play in his soccer games and I liked watching basketball as well! Here are some action shots from the game: Both teams: Jeff got to play with his brother Nich: I then got to get some pictures of Jeff's teammates:  This was a poster that all of the guys signed for the game: I had to get one picture of us at the game: It was also fun watching the game with Jeff's parents. They even gave me some money to get a slice of pizza since I was craving one...even though we had already eaten dinner! Thank you pregnancy...Go Black Knights!