Christmas Recap

I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas! It's always my favorite time of the year, good food, and fun with family! As usual, we had a crazy two days-but it's always worth it! It's hard to believe Christmas has come and gone. The year always goes so fast!

My favorite gift of the year! A let me open a gift on Christmas Eve eve =) I used it to bake my famous cupcakes and icing that everyone loved. I can't wait to use this again!

We turned our 'fireplace' on while opening gifts Christmas morning =)

When I saw this at the mall I had to get it for him. He always say this! It's something he can hang in his office.

I asked for these for our trip in Feburary to Boyne Mountain. Of course I need to be cute on the slopes!

Next up was Christmas at my mom's. She always cooks breakfast and we all look forward to it! Here is my brother's dog Bentley opening gifts.

Logan looked too cute in his PJ's

My mom bought me these PJ pants and I bought her the same pair! (The picture came out blurry but I thought it was too funny!)

My BIL and his GF got me this book. I LOVE it! I can't wait to make some of the cute cupcakes. I also got a sewing machine from the IL's that I plan on learning to use to make some cute things.

I hope your Christmas was as good as mine. What was your favorite gift?

Celebrate

This past weekend we had Christmas at my dad's house. This is just one of the five places we have to visit for the holidays. Tomorrow we have two then on Chirstmas we have two as well. It's always crazy when you combine families and have to travel all over. We are lucky everyone lives in the same area.

I love this picture because it's all the siblings. L-R Me, Lindsey, Nolan, Dad, David, and Matt.

This is one my step-mom took.

Lots more post to come!

15

RIP Chris Henry. 

You were a fantastic football player.

You were turning your life around.

You will be missed greatly. 

I pray for your family and all who knew you. 

#15 in our hearts forever. 

Oh Christmas Tree part 2

Decorating the tree is one of my favorite things about Christmas. Its fun to pull out the old ornaments and remember the stories about them. A & I collected ornaments for about 3 years before we even moved in together. We turned on Charlie Brown Christmas and starting decorating!

This is one of my favorite ornaments. That's my car! I saw it last year and HAD to have it =)

This is my new ornament from an exchange. I LOVE it!

We like to get ornaments from places we go. We got this one from this summer's trip to Las Vegas

Our very first ornament.

And there is our tree! In just 2 short weeks Santa  will be placing all his gifts underneath :)

Oh Christmas Tree

This weekend we went out to Big Tree Plantation to cut down our Christmas tree. This is our second year cutting down the tree. This is a tradition I think we should keep up on! It is so fun to go out to 'hunt' for the perfect tree. Plus, afterwards you get free hot chocolate and the gift shop always has some goodies to look at!

This years selection was better than last years. I like how they plant a tree for each one sold.

Andy & Logan. The sleds are for the trees but Logan always convinces Andy to pull him around.

Our tree! A 9 footer!

Cutting it down

My brothers' family and their tree.

It was hard to find one tree!

Of course some reindeer where on the farm =)

How did the tree look in the house? You'll just have to wait and see!

It's begining to look a lot like...

CHRISTMAS! 

 Happy December! Its hard to believe the last month of 2009 is upon us. I can remember when Christmas was 100 days away, now its only 24! This is my favorite time of year. I love the smell of the Christmas candles we burn, the beautiful lights on the street, cutting down our Christmas tree, and enjoying a nice cup of hot chocolate on a snowy day. This weekend A & I got all the decorations up and the lights outside. Most of the decor is the same from last year but we did add a few new things. My favorite thing is our S'more tree. We've been collecting these ornaments for the past few years and thought they desired a tree of their own.

On Black Friday I also took advantage of Michael's 25% off coupon (that worked on sale items!!). I made this wreath for about $25 which is better than the one they had in the store for $75!

I like the way it turned out. I learn how to hang it without putting a nail in the front of the door here

I'm on the hunt for some red placemats to finish off the dining room. Any suggestions??

I'm really digging the skinny legged snowmen. I was so excited to buy the one on the left last year after Christmas =) More pictures to come!

This weekend we are cutting down our tree. Last year was our first year doing so, and I hope its a tradition we keep up. I can not wait to have the smell of a fresh Christmas tree in the house!