Recap: Christmas

Christmas Eve: Justin and I party hopped once again. We started off by opening some gifts at Justin's Grandparent's house. His sweet grandparents gave me this great fuchsia cardigan. It's so soft and I love it. I wore it all day today. It's so versatile that I wore it to church, in the snow, and then to Christmas dinner tonight. Later that night, we went to one of Justin's cousin's house for a party and then my friend Suryia's families Christmas Eve party. After that, he and I came back to my parent's house where I drank Prosseco with my Momma and Andrea and I iced some sugar cookies, one of our traditions. 

Christmas Morning: Andrea and I woke up and unwrapped all of our gifts under the tree. I must have been a very good girl this year because I sure did luck up! Early, I was gifted Photoshop. Along with that, I received a great flash for my camera, a tripod, a great photography book, a beautiful black coat, and a few other things. Those are just what really excited me! I was so excited that I had to try out my new goodies, that very moment! So here's the end result. Yes, a very Merry Pajamas Christmas morning, complete with glasses and bedhead! 

Check out Andrea's face! Hah!

Cheesing!

Our Christmas celebration went a little bit like this for the remainder of the day: 

Bubbly &

Prime Rib!

Absolutely loving this book!

Who doesn't love a good scratch off?

Remember the perfume post? I decided to ask for Kate Spade's "Twirl" and I love love love the way it smells! It's so sweet and girly. 
After a delicious dinner, and a long nap, Andrea and I went to see the lights at the nature trail in town. We had such a great time and the weather was very chilly with rumors of snow in the morning.


The Day After Christmas: Surely enough, I woke up to a chilly rain outside. We went to church and came home to flurries outside our window and not the kind of Flurry you find at McDonalds. Oh my goodness, snow is not a normal thing around here, especially during the holidays! So it may not look like much snow to you, but it was so exciting for us! 

Obviously we're a little not used to the snow clothes!

Lots of hot chocolate.

SO EXCITED!

Mini Snowman

So it's official! We had snow twice in the year 2010! (Once in February as well.) So not normal for us here! 
Later on this evening, we had another Christmas dinner at my Grandmother on my Dad's side of the family. While we were there, I found out that my Grandpa's goat's are having babies very very soon! I can't wait! Dinner was great but I know one thing, I've never felt like I've eaten as much as I have in this past weekend! So Andrea and I came home and played Just Dance 2 for over 2 hours! I'm exhausted! 


Hope you all had a fabulous weekend! Can't wait to read all about each and every one of y'all Christmas stories! 
X's & O's! 

The Smell of Cookies ...

...is probably one of my most favorite smells ever! 

The smell of cookies baking in the oven signify all sorts of goodness. It reminds me of smiles, silly dancing, singing, indulging in tasty cookie doughy goodness, and a lot of fun times. 

Yesterday, I woke up to a hungry firemen on the other line of the phone. "Can you bring us like 20 sandwiches and a ton of sugar cookies?" Surely enough, I was in the Christmas spirit. I jumped out of bed and immediately started making "tons" of cookies and "like 20 sandwiches" which really turned out to be 5 and a batch of cookies. I loaded up and Andrea hopped in the car with me. We rode off to Lady's Island, Andrea wore a Santa hat and the whole way there, she felt the need to scream out the window "Merry Christmas!!!" It was like we were off to deliver presents to these hungry firemen! They were so excited when we got there. It took seconds for the cookies to be opened and before I could say "mistletoe", Justin already had a sandwich in his hand. It felt so good to give. I just want to find more ways to give even more. Not quite sure how to do this yet, but I want to. 

So, once we got home, I was nowhere near being all cookie-d out. Andrea and I started baking another batch. Only after an impromptu photo shoot with Daisy! 

Ohhhh yeah! We got a little camera happy! But how can you not when you have a doggie as cute as Daisy! We had a blast! 

Andrea got Mom! 

Today, I cut firewood with Justin. This girl drove a tractor all by herself! Totally made my day! 

Hope you all have a fantastic Thursday! Tomorrow I'll be working all day! 

Try to stay warm darlings!

X's & Oh's!