well, here it is, a week into the new year and I’m finally getting around to posting about the holidays. in between the cleaning, organizing, and purging that comes with the first couple weeks of january, I’ve had some time at the computer (now that a certain someone is back in school) to edit my photos.
the holidays were a complete whirlwind! we had so many parties and activities, coupled with the fact that for some reason by the time christmas arrived, I didn’t feel “ready” and was still scrambling to wrap and cook/bake at the last minute. I hated it and had a mini-meltdown on the 23rd while I was wrapping and panicking thinking about having to get ready for a party and I still hadn’t made what I was going to bring or wrap the hostess gift. ugh….why do we moms do this to ourselves?
every year I vow to be more organized and just be able to ENJOY christmas when it does arrive. and it was a lovely month all things considered. we didn’t get sick (except for me on the 26th and I missed shopping with all my girls at the crate and barrel after christmas sale – AGAIN!), there was lots of family time, lots of wonderful time with our dear friends, and waaaay too much delicious food!
dylan was off for over 2 weeks and we did lots of fun activities. more on that later.
our house all decked out for the holidays. I took it during a lull in the light show from next door. ha ha When sean saw the photo he is convinced that he needs to put lights on the peaks next year (we have in past years). and I usually put candles in the upstairs window…not sure why I didn’t this year. our neighborhood goes crazy with lights. it’s wonderful!
I love that he still believes…..
he was so in awe of santa
what the boys did while I was baking / wrapping / shopping (next year I WILL be done early so I can enjoy this with them!)… that is noah, a good friend of dylan’s who has been spending lots of time at our house lately….love that!
cards waiting to be mailed (I loved our cards this year….this is the 4th year I designed them myself on photoshop….I love being able to make them look the way I want)
christmas eve / day we spent at my sister’s on vashon island. waiting for the ferry is always part of the trip
it’s hard to be far away from your family….especially at the holidays. we miss sean’s family in boston so much!
lots of presents were opened….
yummy, delicious food
it was warm enough for lots of outside time….no rain or need for coats
and a fun family game of pictionary at the end of the evening
love these kids!
everyone came to our house on christmas day. we had a fun morning just the 3 of us opening presents and having cinnamon rolls. the rest of my family arrived around noon and we had another great afternoon together. and I only took pictures of all the presents being opened!
God Bless You if you are still reading. Happy New Year!
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