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Slingboxes, Christmas Trees, and a Couple of Grannies....

This weekend, my college roomies and significant others as well as Ryan and myself got together for a Mountain Weekend to get our Christmas trees. It was absolutely perfect! I love my Grannies so very much and I am forever thankful for the relationship the Lord has given me through each of them. It was a blast of a weekend with many laughs, stories, songs, cheers (yes, cheers) and a few tears shed along with some sweating (you had to be there ;)) 

We got there Friday night and had some good time together and had a meal meant for kings...a huge steak, potatoes and other sides that was delicious. We hung out by the fire pit and just enjoyed time together. And, of course, we fought over baby Daye who is the cutest thing ever!

Aunt Holland and Beccs with Baby Daye

Carl and Holland (yes, she is in a pink snuggie)

My Grans!

Saturday we went Christmas tree hunting. We had an awesome breakfast before we headed to get the trees....delicious!!! Ryan and I had a tough time picking out our tree, but we finally picked a beaut!! We watched Miracle on 34th Street when we got finished and the men went hunting. Saturday night, we watched a lot of college football and had more good food.

Becca and me

The whole crew

Grannies

Cute hubby and me

Carl and Holla gettin' their stretch on before climbing the beast of a mountain to find the perfect tree

Sal captured this on camera...

 And this one.....;)

We picked one....FINALLY!


I never am quite too positive about our selection until we get it home...

Cutting it down

This one is super cute!

All the couples holding hands

Taylor, Ryan and Carl in their hunting gear

Sunday, the time to part had come. Before we headed out, we had some fun on the four-wheelers. We all wore some real cool outfits (really I was the only one who ended up looking ridiculous) and had a ton of fun riding around. It was great!

We bad....

Our classic "beat each other up" picture

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Love these girls so much

Melt my heart, already...Ryan with Daye

Having some fun with her uncle Bucky...

It was such an amazing weekend and one of my favorite Christmas traditions. We have our tree up and it is the best one yet. Love you, Grans! You and your slingbox....

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