2016 Christmas Card & Visit with Santa + Happy New Year!

We took down all of our Christmas decorations today. This was the first time the girls' desire to help was genuinely helpful as opposed to just elongating the process. ;) They worked together to get all of the ornaments off of the tree & put back into boxes, and they also helped Derek take down the outdoor lights & the garland on our staircase--they really impressed us!! Putting up Christmas decorations is always so fun & exciting, but I usually dread putting it all away b/c the excitement is gone & it's such a job...but we actually had a lot of fun doing it all together today!

Taking ornaments off the tree

Putting ornaments back in their boxes

Showing off her work :)

As we were taking down our card tree today, I realized I never shared our Christmas card or Santa picture on the blog! So without further ado, here is our 2016 Christmas card & annual Santa pic!

{front of our card}
FYI--I snapped pictures of our card hanging on our card tree, which is why there's a hole at the top of the card ;)

{back of our card}

I can't believe we begin a new year tomorrow! 2016 was a big year for our little family--Derek's fellowship graduation and promotion to Major, a cross-country move (at 38.5 weeks pregnant!), a new job for Derek, a new baby (!!!), Shelby started Kindergarten, and Hadley started preschool. Sooooo many changes in a very short period of time (everything I just listed happened within 3 months over the summer). 2016 was a doozy--we all had a lot of adjusting to do. Here's to hoping for a great new year, but with a little less excitement. ;) 

Happy New Year, everyone!!