Well hello there my beautiful friends! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday full of family, friends, and the joy of the season.
I gave the food photos a break this weekend, and really the camera in general as well. I soaked up every moment of the celebrations. I’m feeling a bit groggy today so I will be short-winded, but still wanted to recap the events for you all and relive them for myself.
Sunday: Extended family get together on my mom’s side. There were LOTs of people there (I have like a million cousins). We all hung out, caught up, enjoyed some great food and great company.
These photos weren’t taken at the party but they were still fun to share:
A beautifully festive bouquet from my sweetie…
My not so festive outfit…
And my oh-so-festive nails…
Christmas Eve: Gift wrapping at the Children’s hospital in the morning and then shuffled off to my mom and dad’s for appetizers, gifts, dinner (french onion soup, tortilla soup, oyster stew, bread, and veggies), and 10:00 pm church service. We actually had my whole immediate family home and of course I had to make sure we got a family photo. I’ll be posting it soon—-very special to me!
In the meantime, another family photo…
Abbie girl…
Papa and Dana with some gifts…
Christmas Day: A lazy morning and a yoga session (we opted out of our run given it was –15°F windchill) followed by Moose asking nicely if he could open his Christmas presents…
I made homemade monkey bread made gluten-free with almond flour…
Our baby boy opening up his stocking stuffer…
“Man, only one present? I must not have been a very good boy this year.” 🙂
Kidding, he LOVED it! Plus his auntie Abbie gave him another toy too…
She may not always act like she loves him but I think secretly she does. She’s just playing hard to get.
Next, off to Dana’s parent’s house for a celebration full of gifts, food (ham, beef roast, scalloped potatoes, asparagus, etc.), and again, wonderful company. I did not snap one single photo at Dana’s parents house but I can tell you we had some great food and lots of time to relax.
We got home around 8:30 and after putting away a few gifts, cleaning up the kitchen, and washing my face, I hunkered down on the couch with my new slippers as we watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas and continued planning a future vacation which is yet to be revealed!!
I had the most incredible Christmas. I am so very grateful for my amazing family and friends who fill my heart with so much love and whom I love unconditionally. I hope you all had an equally delightful holiday.
Now, it’s time to get back into the clean eating!
I’m off to do about 5 loads of laundry and clean up this house a bit! Happy day to all!
