Christmas has come and gone (way too fast for my taste!). My tree is dying and has been for about a week. No idea why it dried out so quickly this year. It will be quite the mess to clean up! 
Our Christmas pic from last night...tree must come down now...
We started off the Christmas celebrations a week early with J's family. His sister's birthday is the 17th so it was a good time to head up there. We got to spend time with cousin Ron and his new fiance Amanda (who I LOVE). They just built their first home together and have a fun little dog named Lucy.
Amanda and I with our little furbabies
Amanda and I with our little furbabiesWe spent time with them, his aunt and uncle then we headed to his mom's for the rest of the weekend. We got to meet her new boyfriend Lee. He seems really nice and likes her a lot. If he makes her happy, we are happy. It's just weird for us to see her so giddy about someone, cuddling on the couch with him, kissing and holding hands. Must be strange for J because this man is still a stranger to him....
Anyways, J worked all week before Christmas but had Christmas day off. I, of course, decided to get a terrible head cold on the 24th..so therefore we did not go out to our usual fancy dinner on Christmas Eve. We tried out a new place called Lazy Dog Cafe. Cute and fun atmosphere. Steph-what was the drink that Curt and Mike were ordering at Applebee's? They were making it up right there or something...I think they have it at this restaurant :)
We had a wonderful Christmas day together. Filled with too much food, movies, presents, puzzle, desserts, and playing with Molly. I like when he has days off-we treasure them! J spoiled me this year with some great gifts. My favorite being a purse I had been eyeing at Target for awhile(similar to the one in My Favorite Things post). I love it. And some new fancy shampoo and conditioner that Santa brought me. It was a great Christmas but just went by too fast!!
Ohhhh and we hungout with our friends Josh and Christina on Saturday and played the game Settlers. Have you seen it or played it?? Sooo much fun!! Everyone was raving about it in our young marrieds group so we were glad we jumped on the band wagon and played it!! Tons of fun!
One of my favorite parts of Christmas happened a few weeks ago actually. We decided to do the shoebox ministry and filled up 2 shoeboxes with some fun and useful gifts for children who otherwise would not have a Christmas. We want to continue doing this every year. Or maybe adopt a family with some friends. The Christmas season means so much more when you are sharing God's love with others. Consider doing this next year...
What did you do for Christmas? Did you get a wonderful or meaningful gift that you love?
Do share ;)
Anyways, J worked all week before Christmas but had Christmas day off. I, of course, decided to get a terrible head cold on the 24th..so therefore we did not go out to our usual fancy dinner on Christmas Eve. We tried out a new place called Lazy Dog Cafe. Cute and fun atmosphere. Steph-what was the drink that Curt and Mike were ordering at Applebee's? They were making it up right there or something...I think they have it at this restaurant :)
We had a wonderful Christmas day together. Filled with too much food, movies, presents, puzzle, desserts, and playing with Molly. I like when he has days off-we treasure them! J spoiled me this year with some great gifts. My favorite being a purse I had been eyeing at Target for awhile(similar to the one in My Favorite Things post). I love it. And some new fancy shampoo and conditioner that Santa brought me. It was a great Christmas but just went by too fast!!
Ohhhh and we hungout with our friends Josh and Christina on Saturday and played the game Settlers. Have you seen it or played it?? Sooo much fun!! Everyone was raving about it in our young marrieds group so we were glad we jumped on the band wagon and played it!! Tons of fun!
One of my favorite parts of Christmas happened a few weeks ago actually. We decided to do the shoebox ministry and filled up 2 shoeboxes with some fun and useful gifts for children who otherwise would not have a Christmas. We want to continue doing this every year. Or maybe adopt a family with some friends. The Christmas season means so much more when you are sharing God's love with others. Consider doing this next year...
What did you do for Christmas? Did you get a wonderful or meaningful gift that you love?
Do share ;)
3 comments:
Dominic ordered me a sweatshirt from his company with the logo and everything ... quite a surpise! He was so excited to give it to me and was even more proud that he ordered the right size :)
they call the drink the John Daily. It's an alcoholic version of something else, i forget the name. it is sweet tea vodka and lemonade. if you don't have sweet tea vodka, it's sweet tea, lemonade and vodka. lol.
btw, our christmas tree was dead like 3 weeks ago...whats the deal?
oh! the non alcoholic version is the arnold palmer....
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