And here we are for Christmas Day.

I started this with a photo of the boys opening their Christmas Eve presents. I love the expression on their faces. And then I added a photo I took Christmas morning of all four of us.

on the back is a full page of our Christmas table and a collection of photos of four of us making different faces:

and finally, as with each year, I close the album with a shot of tulips and my word for the following year.

And I stop here. I love this album and I am so very grateful to do it each year. This year felt the most painless so far. I kept it simple each day and that made a huge difference.

I also loved my Gossamer Blue album + kit!

And here we are for day twenty-three.

Today’s about making cookies. I love watching the boys make cookies and always like to do a full-page photo of the outcome and this year was no exception. (sorry colors are so off, there is pretty much no light here.)

on the back, i put a photo of them making the cookies and a bit of journaling.

So grateful.

And here we are for day twenty.

Today’s all about our going to see Star Wars. One of the parents in the kids’ school decided to rent out the whole theatre for the school and donated the proceeds to the school. So we all piled in there, got free candy and popcorn and drinks and got to see the awesome Star Wars.

The kids loved it and it was a really lovely way to end our weekend.

And here we are for day eighteen.

Today’s about the holiday performances at the kids’ schools. Thursday was David’s where he played the baritone and it was spectacular. Friday was Nathaniel and he was wonderful, too. We then got to go to Nathaniel’s class so I took a photo of him with his teachers, too.

journaling is under the photo:

and then i added the programs:

a lovely way to end the school for 2015.

And here we are for day sixteen.

Today’s story is about David’s class, they had their holiday party and I was volunteering in the class. Part of the celebration was for each kid to bring in a book from their library for a Secret Santa. David’s secret partner got him this wonderful science book and gave a sweet card. So I snapped a photo in the class when the kids went around and tried to guess their secret santa and then I added her card into the next sleeve.

here’s the sweet card:

only 9 days to Christmas. This year really has flown by.

And here we are for day fourteen.

Today’s story is the Tech Challenge and David, Jake and Nathaniel having a moment playing with and having a moment with David’s weekly assignment for the challenge.

I love love love having these moments in my journal.