Mom Life with Adrienne

  Hey loves. Gus Gus our Elf on the Shelf is back for another year of fun. Each Saturday I will be recapping our week of adventures. If you missed you he came on Thanksgiving morning with a North Pole Breakfast,  week 1 adventures, week 2 adventures, week 3 adventures and week 4

 Hey loves. It is the last Friday of 2023. Looking back the year started off with Covid, rough with my father in law passing, then a few weeks later another close friend passing, but ended up turning around. Then the year ended with being sick for the holidays again. It has been a rollercoaster. We are ending the year on vacation. We leave bright and early tomorrow morning to hop on a plane. My kids are so excited, as well and Brian and I. 

 Hey loves. How was your Christmas? Ours did not go as planned. Plans got changed, but everything happens for a reason. We will be celebrating Christmas with Brian's family when we get home from vacation now. I know we are not alone in changing plans and sickness being in homes, especially if you have kids. 

I am learning, the hard way, that the holidays are not going to go as planned. Life isn't going to be perfect, the holidays are going to be perfect. Life happens. People get sick. Plans have to change. 

 Hey loves. How was your Christmas? Ours went far from planned. It seems to be the trend for the past few years. Someone always gets sick. On the positive we are all feeling better and excited to get away in a few days. 

 Hey loves. It is officially winter according to the calendar. Even though we got our first glimpse of winter on November 1st waking up to over an inch of snow when we went to bed with nothing. This year we had record high temps for Christmas. We are in hopes of colder temps and snow in the new year. My kids are hoping for a snow day or two this year too. We came up with a fun winter bucket list for this year.

  Hey loves. Gus Gus our Elf on the Shelf is back for another year of fun. Each Saturday I will be recapping our week of adventures. If you missed you he came on Thanksgiving morning with a North Pole Breakfast,  week 1 adventures, week 2 adventures and week 3 adventures. 

 Hey loves. Happy Friday. Are you ready for the holidays? We are celebrating Christmas with Brian's family tomorrow and have a very low key Christmas at home on Monday with just my parents and sister. I put my foot down a few years ago on all the house hopping for the holidays. It is no fun for anyone especially the kids who want to play with all their new toys. This week has been busy with all the school activities and getting all last minute stuff done. (why do we always wait until the last minute to wrap presents?) Even with all the chaos there has been a lot of joy and fun memories. 

 Hey loves. Can you believe there is 4 days until Christmas. It is a crazy week with tying up all the loose ends before the holiday. Then the schools like to throw in spirit week with different themed days and events at the school. Monday Anna had her school Christmas party and concert, Wednesday Austin had readers theatre in the morning, then in the afternoon Ella had her bi-annually hearing test. Today Austin had his school party that I volunteered to help and Ella has a club after school. I feel like I am missing something else too. Oh and we got some snow earlier this week. Not enough for a snow day, and it won't last until Christmas but Ella went outside to take a picture of the Christmas lights on the houses with snow. 

Hey loves. I am so excited for this post. It may not be the end of the year yet, but the holidays are quickly approaching and so much is going on. Let's do an end of the year wrap up. Sharing favorites from memories, Amazon, books, blog posts, and more. 

Hey loves. It is crazy to think that 2023 is already coming to an end. Todays post are a year end wrap up with all my favorite things and your too. If you love finding new recipes and meal plans that I share weekly they will be back next year, just a little different. My next meal plan type most won't be out until January 15th but it will announce all the fun changes I have in store, hint more recipes up to date when I am sharing what we are eating. 

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 Hey loves. It is the holiday season and Christmas will be here in less than a week. We are over reading all the Christmas themed books. We have a lot from previous years of 25 days of Christmas books, gifts, and just our love of holiday books. 

 Hey loves. Happy Monday. It is so crazy to think that Christmas is in one week. Two of my kids go to school all this week, my youngest just has her preschool Christmas party today then is home all week. My Christmas shopping is done, I think I am done baking cookies, but I have all the wrapping and cleaning to do. Oh wait, Anna requested gingerbread cookies so we are going to to that this week. We are hosting Christmas with Brian's family on the 23rd. Then on Christmas day my parents and sister are coming over and keeping it low key. 

 Hey loves. Gus Gus our Elf on the Shelf is back for another year of fun. Each Saturday I will be recapping our week of adventures. If you missed you he came on Thanksgiving morning with a North Pole Breakfast,  week 1 adventures and week 2 adventures.

 Hey loves. Happy Friday. This has felt like such a short week. I have been trying to get so much done and feel like I am running in place with a head cut off like a chicken getting nothing, or at least not enough done. Next week Anna is off on break, and we have so many other events, plus all our presents to wrap. 10 days is going to come quick. This weekend the plan is to breathe and enjoy the time with my kids doing some holiday fun. 

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Hey loves. Coming at you today with book review form November. November was a busy month with audiobooks. From removing wallpaper, cleaning the house, Christmas shopping, etc. I put in a headphone and listened to some great audiobooks. I used my library card to my advantage of getting audiobooks and read a variety of books. 

Total physical/kindle books: 4

Total audible: 7

Total books for 2023: 121

Goal: 100 books 20 audiobooks

 Hey loves. It is the holiday season, the house is decorated for Christmas!!! It is time for our annual holiday home tour for 2023. Come on in.... 

 Tomato Basil Tortellini Soup

 Hey loves. This month is flying by. I know we all say it. Brian's birthday was this past weekend and it is the harsh reality that Christmas is less than two weeks away. It's the rush to get everything done before the kids are out of school and all the school events. Over the weekend we celebrated Brian's birthday, and had some holiday fun.

 Hey loves. Happy Monday. How was your weekend? We spent the weekend celebrating Brian's birthday. Friday night him and I went out to dinner and the kids has a sleepover at my parents. Saturday I surprised them and took them out for ice cream at our favorite local place, Mitchells, that has the best vegan ice cream. Sunday we celebrated with his family. Throw in some Christmas shopping, Austin having an eye doctors appoint, church, plus more to the mix. It was a great weekend. 

It's time for the last link up of Not Just A Mom 2023. It has been another great year with so many of you joining in our monthly link up. If you are new- every month, the second Monday, I link up with these incredible ladies (Dara, Jen, Joanna, Lauren, and Sarah )  and we share different aspects of our life. We are more than just moms. We are switching things up with a little rebranding for 2024. Be sure to continue reading at the bottom with all the details, new topics, and new graphics. 

 Hey loves. Gus Gus our Elf on the Shelf is back for another year of fun. Each Saturday I will be recapping our week of adventures. If you missed you he came on Thanksgiving morning with a North Pole Breakfast and all of his week 1 adventures are here. 

Hey loves. Happy Friday and Happy Birthday Brian. Brian always gets the short end of the stick with his birthday being in December. We are going out tonight and fingers crossed everything lines up with our babysitter for not kids for a night. 

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Hey loves. This post is long over due. I am playing catch up from what I read back in October. 

Total physical/kindle books: 4

Total audible: 5

Total books for 2023:  110

Goal: 100 books 20 audiobooks

 Hey loves. I know we are all thinking it, how the heck is it already December. If I sneeze to hard it is going to be the new year already. New month means new intentions.

Lets jump in... 

 White Lasagna Soup

 Hey loves. Happy Tuesday. How was your weekend? We had a busy fun weekend with a date night, some Christmas shopping, and two of my kids getting baptized. Lets recap...

 Hey loves. Happy Tuesday. I am bringing up another dinner menu Monday on a Tuesday. We had a busy weekend and I didn't plan our menu until right before I went grocery shopping on Monday while Anna was at school. It is an off week for food with leftovers in the fridge need eaten up, and meat already thaws that needs cooked up. Here's the plan for the week for our dinners.

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 Hey loves. Another month sharing all my finds on Amazon. Again this month I am not sharing everything I have bought because I don't want to give away the surprise to some readers that are family/friends. I am linking up with Tanya over at The Other Side of the Road Prime Purchases. Lets see what I ordered:

 Hey loves. Gus Gus our Elf on the Shelf is back for another year of fun. Each Saturday I will be recapping our week of adventures. 

 Hey loves. Happy December. I am so excited for all the fun holiday stuff we have planned for this month. It is hard to believe that 2023 is quickly coming to an end. We have a busy weekend with a date night, parents day out at church, and Anna and Austin are getting baptized on Sunday.