some pics from our december

it's been an absolutely fabulous Christmastime here at the milinovich house, and we are blessed beyond our wildest imaginations. i'll have some pics from the joy of Christmas eve/day up soon, but for now, here are some of our pictures from the weeks/days preceding Christmas. hope you're enjoying a wonderful weekend! on with the pics....

these first three are from Cade's Christmas program at school. first he was a reindeer and then he was one of the three wise men. he gave his performance a thumbs up!

jack is so fierce! rawr!

we love our beautiful Christmas tree, and our lazy dog enjoys sleeping next to it. this picture just feels so warm and gingery, the way we feel in our living room.

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here's more of max...

and a here's a series from when we went to cut down our tree...

a couple of crazies playing reindeer games...

we hope you have had a blessed and imaginative and creative and miraculous Christmas, and that you've been open to the possibility of love being born in your heart again. peace to you all.

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