Merry Christmas

Love came down for us! 

Merry Christmas!

#hartzChristmas2016 Gingerbread Houses

 Katrina and Kristy came over to decorate Gingerbread Houses.

Lincoln had been waiting all day for this!

Hard at work, he had a solid house!

He couldn't get the candy on fast enough!

Sweet friends!

Finished products :) 

So fun!

My boys just make me smile!

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Frosting cookies!

Party day at school with Jackson

Christmas light scavenger hunt! We found them all! Jackson loved it!

Craft time with Lincoln

Jackson is all about playing Scrabble with me. We love break time!

Making cards and leaving treats for the garbage men!

Christmas place mats (great for Checkers too), Reindeer, and Reindeer food

#hartzChristmas2016 Santa's Wonderland

Early in December we visited Santa's Wonderland. We went on a school night hoping it wouldn't be too busy, and it was perfect!

It was snowing and cold!

Pretending it really is snowing and waiting for Santa!

The boys wanted to ride the train first, and since there was no line they rode it a couple of times.

Next up was the hayride!

 We even got to ride it again before we left because there was no line!

Such a cool display of lights

Lincoln loving the hayride and hating his jacket.

Bucking bull

Lincoln was super excited to ride the pony, and then it did a weird jerk and scared him. He screamed the whole ride. That was a great way to spend $7, ha!

Some hot apple cider, cookies, and kettle corn to end a pretty great night!

 We had a blast making memories together with a few meltdowns thrown in!

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This time of year is so special to me! I love soaking up their smiles, excitement, and pure joy!

But, even more I love the Christmas story and how it brings true hope, joy, and love to us all!!

Lots of fun setting up the tree! Lincoln may have put every ornament on the bottom branch!:)

Santa 2016

Jackson wants Pokemon cards and Lincoln wants a Lion Guard toy castle

We made an angel for Lincoln's tree!

Baking cookies for our neighbors!

Delivering Christmas cheer!

Drive through of Jesus' life with hot cocoa and cookies!

A few adventures of Buddy the elf!

Oh Lincoln! He had been singing the songs for a month, but he wasn't having the night of the concert. But, he was sure cute up there!

#hartzeveryday2016 Week 50

Day 344: Crazy Christmas show!

Day 345: Date with my boy watching my students play in the "Superbowl".

 So proud of these boys!

Day 346: Flour everywhere!!

Day 347: Oh Lincoln! He has been singing the songs for a month, but he was not having it tonight. He was cute though!

Day 348: Lincoln threw up last night and we maybe got 2 hours of sleep. He helped me with sub plans, and then we cuddled and slept all day!

Day 349: Blessed beyond measure by these sweet students!

Day 350: Brothers!

#hartzeveryday2016 Week 49

Day 337: Do I make a tree skirt look good? :) 

Ugly sweater day at school!

Day 338: Special Delivery from the North Pole! Buddy is back delivered by the UPS guy!

Day 339: It was a house divided today! Sorry Jackson, you should have wore your Matthews jersey!

Go Pack Go!

Day 340: These boys! LOVE them!

Day 341: The shirt says it all!

Day 342: Christmas countdown chain!

Day 343: We were all going to go look at lights, but Jackson threw up. Lincoln really wanted to go so I took him, and about 5 minutes into our drive it was super quiet.

#reallife