{"id":711,"date":"2013-12-29T11:04:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-29T19:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/?p=711"},"modified":"2017-11-17T10:18:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T18:18:37","slug":"christmas-activities-advent-calendar-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/?p=711","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Activities Advent Calendar: Week 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the last week of our Christmas Activities advent calendar! \u00a0(Saturday- Wednesday) \u00a0As our calendar got closer and closer to Christmas, we got busier and busier. \u00a0My husband grew up attending\u00a0<em>multiple\u00a0<\/em>Christmases due to an extensive family (he still has all of his grandparents, the lucky guy!), while I grew up attending one. \u00a0It&#8217;s taken some getting used to, making it around to see everyone during the busy holiday season, but it truly is a blessing. \u00a0I&#8217;m so thankful to be considered a part of the family. \u00a0(I didn&#8217;t grow up with grandparents around, so now I get to share with the husband!) \u00a0So, here we go with the final week of our advent calendar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Day 21 || Find the perfect ornaments together<a href=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-7c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-712 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-7c-998x1024.jpg\" alt=\"photo (7)c\" width=\"419\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-7c-998x1024.jpg 998w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-7c-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-7c.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>This is a tradition I look forward to every Holiday season! \u00a0We got these adorable doughnut ornaments at Kris Kringl, which is the Christmas store in Leavenworth that is open year round. \u00a0This is usually where we go to get our yearly ornaments, and since we spent the weekend in Leavenwoth, this year was no different. \u00a0I love these!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Day 22 || Celebrate with two family Christmases<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ef81fed26b9911e3ac98124189afe772_8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-713 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ef81fed26b9911e3ac98124189afe772_8.jpg\" alt=\"ef81fed26b9911e3ac98124189afe772_8\" width=\"384\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ef81fed26b9911e3ac98124189afe772_8.jpg 640w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ef81fed26b9911e3ac98124189afe772_8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ef81fed26b9911e3ac98124189afe772_8-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a>Sunday was spent celebrating with two sets of grandparents. \u00a0We watched the Seahawks play football, exchanged gifts, and ate lots of good food. \u00a0It was wonderful!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Day 23 || Wrapping party + caramel hot chocolate<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wrappingparty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7214\" src=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wrappingparty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wrappingparty.jpg 597w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wrappingparty-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0I love wrapping gifts. \u00a0This was a great Christmas Eve Eve night of hot chocolate, Christmas music, and wrapping presents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Day 24<\/strong><strong>\u00a0|| Do stockings together<a href=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/4169a1f86d2211e3bb6112e6fabfaf81_8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-715 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/4169a1f86d2211e3bb6112e6fabfaf81_8.jpg\" alt=\"4169a1f86d2211e3bb6112e6fabfaf81_8\" width=\"384\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/4169a1f86d2211e3bb6112e6fabfaf81_8.jpg 640w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/4169a1f86d2211e3bb6112e6fabfaf81_8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/4169a1f86d2211e3bb6112e6fabfaf81_8-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>My hubby and I haven&#8217;t done &#8220;gifts&#8221; the past two years, we just do stockings with a budget. \u00a0It&#8217;s fun trying to get creative and stay within the budget. \u00a0This is a picture of my goodies. \u00a0I&#8217;m obsessed, my hubby did good!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Day 25 || Celebrate Christmas with loved ones<a href=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/448cba7a6dca11e3b8cd1227d7fa1b14_8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-716 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/448cba7a6dca11e3b8cd1227d7fa1b14_8.jpg\" alt=\"448cba7a6dca11e3b8cd1227d7fa1b14_8\" width=\"384\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/448cba7a6dca11e3b8cd1227d7fa1b14_8.jpg 640w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/448cba7a6dca11e3b8cd1227d7fa1b14_8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/448cba7a6dca11e3b8cd1227d7fa1b14_8-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>What&#8217;s better than Christmas with the family? \u00a0Christmas with the family\u00a0<em>and\u00a0<\/em>the best friend! \u00a0We had a blessed day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This has been such a wonderful and blessed Holiday season. \u00a0I enjoyed every minute of it. \u00a0I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the last week of our Christmas Activities advent calendar! \u00a0(Saturday- Wednesday) \u00a0As our calendar got closer and closer to Christmas, we got busier and busier. \u00a0My husband grew up attending\u00a0multiple\u00a0Christmases due to an extensive family (he still has all of his grandparents, the lucky guy!), while I grew up attending one. \u00a0It&#8217;s taken&#8230;&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/?p=711\">[Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[26,45,17],"class_list":["post-711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrate","tag-christmas","tag-december","tag-holidays","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42QGB-bt","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/17231ca46c5411e3842b0e0dc879bb20_8.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7216,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions\/7216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}