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After so much rain (and a crazy muddy yard) we decided to host Eve and her pal Emme's double dog birthday party!  Melissa made the "pup"cakes and we sang and they gobbled down their treats.  These 2 labs love to play with each other and we had fun seeing our buddies.  It seems like just yesterday we were bringing her home but it also seems like she has been with our family forever.  These two dogs are so adored!  

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Pre-made gingerbread houses with packages of candy are the way to go for us!  Slightly edible and always fun to put together!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!  The girls ran downstairs around 6 am and were so delighted to see gifts that Santa brought under the tree.  

 An American Girl dog, leash and bed...

 a Kindle Fire to read books and play games

 a gymnastics mat to do cartwheels and rolls...

 a Barbie and bubble-gum

 Grace's bakery cart

 After breakfast, we opened our gifts under the tree.  They got many wonderful things!  Bath and body from Grandma and Grandpa, Legos, spy gear, books, ornaments, stuffed animals and games too.

I am pretty sure that Jamie gets the girls Legos just so he can "help" put them together. :)

 The girls had fun on the mat all break!  They would do routines to music and had so much fun.

 Giving the walkie talkies a whirl.  

More lego fun!

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We flew back on Christmas Eve and quickly got dressed to go to church.  We stopped and got some appetizers and food at Marsh and got home very exhausted from our travels and day.  The girls put out some cookies and milk for Santa and opened their Christmas jammies.  They excitedly went to bed in anticipation of Christmas tomorrow!

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I think everyone was sad to say good-bye to the beach and sunshine today!  We had a brief morning watching the sun come up at the beach and then headed to Orlando for the Magic Kingdom.

Obligatory in front of the Cinderella castle picture.

 Dumbo

 walking main street with the crowds

 We rode on some favorite rides and dodged the insane amount of people also visiting Magic Kingdom.  The girls lit up when we were able to visit Rapunzel, Cinderella, Elsa and Anna.  

 We watched the fireworks shortly after and then saw the Christmas light show on the castle at 10:30 that night.  We had some tired and happy girls as we walked to our resort, The Contemporary. On Christmas Eve we flew back to Indy.  It was a fun get-away with many memories!