Dec 24, 2011

Festivities

Merry Christmas Eve :)

Last night, my family had our annual gift exchange.
Tonight, we went to our Christmas Eve dinner.
Tomorrow we go to my grandparents' house for more celebrations.

Have I mentioned I love this time of year? ;)

This is the family!

Chloe wasn't very happy with me...

My Christmas snowflake nails :)
(That I did myself!!)

My gift from Austin :)
Now we can Face Time!

She's tired after opening gifts!
She "helps" us open by biting the wrapping paper and pulling,
then she tears it up when it's all opened.

Merry Christmas!!




Christmas Presents :)

It is November 21 and I got Austin's Christmas package all ready!
I'm saving this as a draft until he gets and opens it so it doesn't ruin the surprise!
I really wanted to make him feel like home was with him since he's so far away.
But here's what I sent him :)


Every year, I leave out my red stocking with my name on it
on Christmas Eve and wake up and it's full.
I got a stocking and a silver "A" and decided to fill it.

Every Christmas Eve, I get to open one gift.
It's always pajamas to wear to bed, then open
gifts in on Christmas morning.
I got Austin these pants with a grey shirt.

All the goodies for the stocking!
His favorite candy is Reese's, he loves trail mix,
I am the giraffe (don't ask) and candy canes of course!
The rest is just candy and toys, like it should be :)
Candy canes are always scattered around my presents
and living room on Christmas morning.

Here it is all nice and full!
The pajamas are in a separate bag so he can open
them on Christmas Eve and wear them to bed :)
I hope he feels that home is with him,
even if he's half way across the world. ♥

Dec 21, 2011

Planes, Trains and Kayaks?

So I looked up directions from my house to Okinawa (where Austin is stationed) and step 42 is "Kayak across the Pacific Ocean. Distance 2756 mi." Step 55 is "Kayak across the Pacific Ocean. Distance 3879 mi." And step 105 is "Take Ferry. Distance 420 mi." No thanks, I'll fly.

Busy, busy, busy

I've been so busy lately! Work is ridiculous as I've taken on lots more responsibilities, school is finally over (YAY) but finals week was hell, and I've been getting ready for Christmas! Can you believe it's in four days?! Because I can't! I love Christmas so much! Family, food, and of course presents ;) Then it's new years! My cousins and I are semi planning to go up north to Pinetop for new years! Which would be super fun. I could drive my new car! :D AND it would probably snow! I hope we go.

Anyway, I'm done rambling for now. Have a fabulous day/week!

Dec 10, 2011

December

Ten days into the month and this is my first blog post.
My excuses are as follows: finals, work, and stress.
Now that I'm on winter break (YES!!) and it's the weekend, I can post :)

Since my car is pretty much worthless, I test drove a Chevy Blazer over one weekend.
It's not exactly what I had in mind, but it is a very nice car and in great condition.
Now I'm just waiting for the dealership to change the odometer because
it's from Canada so everything is in the metric system!
After that is done, it's mine :)

Here's the car! It still had the dealership stickers and stuff which was fun to drive around in.

And her's the odometer!
I'm really excited to get a new car!

Every December 1st, my cousin Chelsea and I go to Starbucks
for some Christmas drinks. We've been doing it for four years now.

Family Christmas party!

One thing I love to do every winter is make hot chocolate
with whipped cream and sprinkles.
It's pretty serious.

Ten years ago this Christmas, this 4 foot tree was our tree.
We were moving on December 26 so everything was packed.
Now, this tree is in our entry way in addition to our regular Christmas tree.
I decorated it this year.
I like that all the ornaments on it are crystal :)

Out front, there are extension cords that have to cross the entry way for the
outdoor Christmas lights. We duct tape them down to the concrete
so nobody trips. This year I decided to be festive
and get candy cane patterned tape!
I love it

I finally found a black coat!
I got this at JC Penney.
It was originally $200, but I got it on sale for $66!!
And this was after I sold back my textbooks for $78, soo it was free :)

Overall, December has been great so far. I can't wait until
the family parties start and we all come together on Christmas.
I absolutely love winter, both for the weather and the holidays.
I miss my boy though. Last Christmas, he was in boot camp.
He got to leave for one day through a special program and I got to Skype him.
It was the best Christmas present ever ♥
I hope your December is going awesome!!