Every year Riley's parents get all of their grandkids matching Christmas pajamas. This year was no exception. Nana and Papa had all of the grandkids over for a pizza, pajama, and movie party. There are now 9 grandkids on the Gibb side of the family (my parents are only slightly ahead with 10 grandkids).
Riley and I just had our 11 year anniversary. We celebrated by having a fancy dinner, prepared and served by Riley's brother, Tyler. Tyler enjoys cooking and he made some delicious food. We shared the evening with Curtis and Shayla who also share our anniversary date. It was such a good, relaxing evening, and I hope we can do it again next year!
We had a good Thanksgiving. The boys started out the day, by playing flag football with some friends from church. Easton and Brady were really excited that Riley invited them along.
We had a delicious dinner with a very full kid's table.
I even made Jaylee a "gobble, gobble" dress.
Then the next day the kids and I put up our Christmas decorations. We are now ready for the next big holiday!
Jaylee and Dax are starting to learn that playing dress-up is fun.
Ruby hosted a tea party. Easton is the black spiderman. He couldn't figure out how he was supposed to eat and drink with his mask on!
Ruby and Stella even came over to our house for a sleepover! They did great and we will, for sure, do it again.
And, of course, the grown-up boys played football together while they were waiting on Thanksgiving dinner to get ready.
This is Riley getting ready to leave in the morning...
... and this is Riley coming back home when it was over. He headed straight for a hot shower, and I headed straight to the laundry room! He did good and never complained about being sore afterwards!
This is me with my friend Marcy. We have started running together, and it has been a lot of fun. Marcy has run several half-marathons and a few marathons, so she has been a good running coach for me. We are planning to run a half-marathon in the spring.
This is my newest sewing creation. I had this pattern for awhile and was finally able to make it. Riley picked out the fabric and helped with the design. I think this is one of my favorite dresses yet!
I know this picture isn't great, but Easton is on the left hand side of the stage. His program was in the evening and all of our family who live in the area was able to come. He had lots of fans. Easton looked cute, but only sang along to about half of the songs (which is actually better than we were expecting). It was fun to see him up on stage, though!
Easton's class had a fun party. They did crafts, read stories, and had a "feast." As you can see, Jaylee thought that she should be in the middle of all of it. It was great to see Easton in his class, and watch him interact with his friends.
As soon as I finished up in Easton's class, I walked next door to Brady's party. They sang a few songs for the parents and then ate some snacks. Brady is actually a good performer and knew the words to all of the songs. 