It was a busy Christmas and New Year, but absolutely wonderful! I have far too many photos... but going to post them anyways! Here's a few professional photos from Aunt Amy's boutique:
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| Sisters fo life |
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| Donoghue cousins |
Per tradition we went to Frankenmuth for Christmas Eve! Aunt Amy, Uncle Rex and Will came with us! We stayed at Bavarian Inn the night before and the kids had a really great time in the pools and arcade. We had a little dance session and then Jamie and I spent the night getting kicked by our restless daughters. Went to Bronner's to see Santa on Christmas Eve and then headed home for Christmas mass with the girls, and then I played piano for midnight mass - whirlwind!
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| The Donoghues |
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| Posing in the castle |
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| Dolphin rider |
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| Evie was obsessed with every car ride in the arcade |
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| Proud daddy |
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| First Santa visit without tears |
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| Asking for a balance beam |
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| Cousins love to pose |
Christmas morning was wonderful. The girls slept until 7am, which I was pretty happy with! We opened presents and then had daddy's french toast / bread pudding hybrid for breakfast.
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| Gift time |
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Evie was very excited about her sleeping bag and
troll pillow, and spent a long time cuddling alone
in the chair |
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| Maggie's excitement was palpable. |
In the afternoon we headed to Grandma and Grandpa's to celebrate!
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| Trying to get 3 kids to focus... |
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| Donoghues 2017 |
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| Evie being a sweetheart |
We went to my cousin's house that evening for dessert to see the Rabine side of the family... I was pretty tired and forgot to take photos...
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| Got one with Grammer though! |
The day after Christmas, we all stayed home, played with gifts and did nothing else! It was glorious!
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| Craft girls |
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| Making a treasure map |
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Jamie took his dad to the new arena
for a Pistons game! |
We celebrated with my immediate family the following day at Grammer and Pops. It was relaxed and super fun - so great to see most of the family together.
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| Annual Peg-Leg foosball competition |
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| Aunt Jody and Sarah |
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I got my mom a coconut bra for her upcoming Hawaii trip....
did not think she would actually wear it... immediately |
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| These three little girls are a team |
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| Trying to get five kids to focus... |
Next day we celebrated Uncle Justin's birthday. It was also Aunt Allison's birthday, which really thrilled Maggie - she's very into "double birthdays"? That's a thing?
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| Happy birthday, Uncle Justin! |
Friday we decided to have a little friends get-together at our house since we haven't seen most of our friends in months! It was really fun, and our kids are now old enough to entertain themselves and leave us alone! Seriously, they stayed up until 10pm, and that's a big deal!
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| Friends! |
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| I missed the grey sweater memo |
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| Plaid and cardigans - old boys club |
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Every room that had toys in it was trashed...
worth it! |
We celebrated New Years Eve at Grandma and Grandpa's. Had a delicious dinner and then did a fake countdown at 9pm before heading home to put the girls to bed... it is going to be a rough week getting back to their usual bedtime and wake-up times this coming week.
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| Party girl |
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| Maggie being fierce |
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| Hanging with her godfather |
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| Happy New Year! |
Here's a few other random pics:
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| Making a Christmas tree handprint... |
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| ...and then continuing to paint her hand nonstop |
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| Dino hat and swearter... |
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The girls love to walk around in undershirts
and flex their muscles |
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| Gingerbread housing |
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| This girl.... |
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| Daddy multi-tasking |
