Happy Holidays!

We had a great Christmas this year. We got together with the Ashby’s on Christmas Eve. They always reenact the Nativity story which is a lot of fun. The kids love dressing up.

On Christmas we always do brunch with my mom’s family. I love seeing my cousins and their cute families. I made homemade cinnamon rolls, which surprisingly turned out delicious, I’d never made them before. Christmas night we got together with my dad, grandma, Laura, Alex & Mayson. I was scheduled to work 5-11pm, but one of my coworkers was nice and stayed two hours later for his shift so I wouldn’t have to go in until 7pm. That way I was able to do dinner with my dad.

I wanted to be crafty and make all of my Christmas gifts this year, but I ended up making like half of them. For my dad I made a corkboard/magnet board out of used wine corks (since he likes wine) and ordered a vinyl letter saying I saw once “Always carry a corkscrew, and the wine will provide itself”. I liked the saying, it seems like an optimistic idea.  I also made him a fleece tie blanket, Tifanie and I found the best fabric that totally fit his style. It had bears and fish on it and reminded me of Alaska- which he goes to frequently to fish. For my mom I made her a photo calendar and I made a cute temple picture thing of the Salt Lake Temple. For Mic’s parents I made a photobook of our pictures from our last family vacation. We drew names and I got Mic’s sister Kate, and I made her a cute jewelry box and also a fleece tie quilt. For some coworkers and neighbors I made homemade truffles with my friend Angie. Angie makes them every year, and this year she was nice and helped me make some too. They aren’t hard to make but definitely are time consuming. We made a butter rum and chocolate, cake batter, and cheesecake. So delicious!

I wanted to do a low key Christmas for each other, because what I really want is for us to go on a trip for my birthday/spring break in March. Mic got some video games and sweats, and I got a cute glue gun, fuzzy boots, and a cupcake/party tray carrier. And then I also bought us new dishes and some dvd seasons of our favorite shows (Big Bang Theory season 4 and Modern Family season 1 and 2). Sophie’s stocking was stuffed full of her favorite treats and A TON of cute pink and purple tennis balls. She is OBSESSED with tennis balls and always has one in her mouth at all times. She also got a new collar, because she’d outgrown her other one. I found her the cutest pink and gray argyle patterned one at Target.

May the Christmas season fill your home with joy, your heart with love, and your life with laughter.

Corkboard/Magnet Board

Our cute new dishes. LOVE them!

Our stockings & nativity,

The temple thing I made my mom.

Our Christmas card we mailed to family.

Truffles gallore!

Our niece Anika & nephew Jaden.

On our way to Mic's parents. Diet coke & Soph. 

Cute Keagan dressed up as a Shepard.

Anika as the Angel.

Sara dressed up as Mary.

Wade

half the group..

Mic and Soph

Christmas morning with Soph and Jack.

Spoiled Sophie.

Making cinnamon rolls.