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Sunday morning, we woke up to another rainy day. We enjoyed a cozy breakfast, then headed for church. 





Sarah Graves wanted for Lucy to see Santa Paws. Decked in their Christmas attire, we went to PetSmart to have her photo made. Lucy was eager for an outing and happily pranced around!


 We also got down to decorating sugar cookies. Sarah Graves and I decided to use buttercream frosting instead of royal icing. The buttercream tasted really good, but the royal icing definitely makes details easier. 





They came up with some fun designs! 

We passed the afternoon playing some board games. Charlie was eager to have a playmate for Monopoly and Ticket to Ride.


While we played, Sarah Graves whipped up a yummy snack of popcorn balls.

After dinner the kids and Grancy worked on a chocolate pie!



While the pie cooled, we went to see Christmas lights at Life University. It was really rainy but the lights were still pretty. Singing along to Christmas music made it feel very fun. 



We finished off the day with pie for dessert followed by the kids reading to us. Charlie read from his new Fart Man book! He giggled through the chapter! Sarah Graves read a Christmas story to us. 


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