Christmas Morning Crazy
(With Ma and Pa a wee bit hazy)
Christmas Afternoon Delights
(And all sorts of Storm Trooper fire fights)
Christmas Dinner Festivities
(With plenty of Wright family-centric activities!)
Christmas Video Wiggles
(That corresponded with lots of excited giggles)
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Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David…
Because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Luke 1:68-69, 78-79
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From my morning run
Isn’t God the most beautiful Creator?
Christmas Lights
If you see a minivan cruising around your neighborhood with 3 Littles hanging out of the moon roof and Christmas tunes BLARING, it’s probably us…breakin’ the law and gettin’ our groove on.
Christmas Cooking
To the Lil Victor (Chef) goes the spoils
With Nena’s chocolate mousse, that is.
And Christmas Cookies!
Decorating Party at our house on Christmas Eve day with our sweet buds, the Potter family
and…Cookie Party at Miss Gina’s!
(Don’t be fooled by the Lil Sir’s face. He had a ball…and a delectable dinner of cookies and frosting.)
Family Dinner with all of the Wrights
Christmas Crafts & Schoolwork
Nutcracker Performance – Take I
With our CC Homeschool Community
(many snacks included)
(and bunnies, apparently)
Nutcracker Performance – Take II
This time with Nena!
Birthday Party for Jesus!
With our CC Community, and including the kids doing a fun re-enactment of the nativity story
And the grand performance…
(The Little Miss read the part for the Shepherds,
in front of tons of people, no less!)
We love Christmas!
CHUGGA CHUGGA
CHOO CHOO!!!!!
(type in “wright” to watch)
Christmas train from M Wright on Vimeo.
This spring we searched for a new house, then bought a new house, and then had to get our old house on the market…fast. In fairness we had been house hunting and preparing our original home for sale for a while, but when a firm deadline is set and a FOR SALE sign is placed on your curb, well, the “doo-doo” gets real. So to speak.
Let’s just call it “stressful.”
Here’s 106 Baccalaureate…the home where we brought all of our babies home. Ain’t she purdy?
But we did it. The Hubs and I worked our tails off and got our house on the market. Lookin’ pretty darn good, if I do say myself.
(Not us, I mean. The house. We were a hot mess of sweat and panic.)
And then the kids and I hightailed it to Annapolis so that we could get out of the way and let the showings begin!
Ever try keeping a house clean and “show ready” with three rambunctious Littles underfoot? Yeah, not fun. That scenario is a crazy-maker.
Relocating to this oasis was way better.
Can you hear my deep, cleansing breaths? There were a lot of those. And prayers. And wine. And help from a very kind Nena (Nancy Plaxico).
And super fun friend time!
(With Merrick, my Bestie from our Washington, DC days)
We love the whole McSwiggan crew!
And that was followed by super fun family time!
In Philadelphia, as it turns out. My sister, Ashley, and her husband, Joe, were celebrating their 40th birthdays (I brought them prunes as a gift) AND their 15th wedding anniversary…
All with one big, fun, sugar-infused, dance-crazed party. We had a blast!
We were so happy to get to celebrate Ash and Joe, and as always, LOVED all the great cousin time. Haley, Emily, Caleb and Liam are our faves.
The party even included some hilarious improv lessons for the kids with a local theater crew. Suffice to say, we were INTO IT.
So good. So fun. So.Many.Ice.Cream.Sundaes.
At the end of our Philly stay we also spent some time with the Littles’ beloved Aunt Laura. Since our visit with her was at the end of the trip when my brain had shut off, I forgot to take a photo. But we had a ball with her, playing volleyball and jumping in the creek!
The Littles and I traveled home to NC at the end of that week with happy hearts, ice cream and soda hangovers, and an accepted offer on our house. Time well spent, if I do say so myself.
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Months later, in July, we took one more journey up north to Annapolis. After having moved into our new home, the purpose of this trip was to get out of the NC heat and let loose a bit (and let Daddy paint…woo hoo for house projects!).
And we were blessed with more friend time!
(With Joanne Roby, a friend from Wash U, and her sweet boys)
(With Maggie and Sarah, dear friends from DC, and their families)
11 kids between the 3 of us!
And I got to visit with Dani Meagher Fuller too!
Just pretend you see a beautiful picture of the two of us
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We were even treated to a midnight visit from the Maryland Fire Department, when one of Nena’s mysterious fire alarms went on the fritz. Seems like a good time for some star gazing, no?!?
Annapolis is fun. So very, very fun.
Thanks for hosting us, Nena!!!
