December 12th (Ella School/Nick's 41st Birthday-Yard House Dinner)

Got this picture of Ella today from school. 

They made cookies and she wanted to give hers to her dad for his birthday!

I made this for Nick..1/2 white chocolate macadamia nut/1/2 chocolate chip, too bad I left it in just a few minutes too long. It only needs like 13 mins. Ugh, doing too much today.

Nick met us at Yard House at Legends.

Ella will go home with Nick, while Adelyn and I will go to volleyball at Homefield near the legends, which we do every Thursday. That's why we opted to eat out there tonight.

My parents and brother met us. 

We ordered a bunch of appetizers. Unfortunately the food has gone down hill. It all tasted frozen, not homemade. Ugh. 

Happy birthday Honey!!

Pretty lights at the legends.

We got Nick a massage for his birthday plus more presents, but those we will give tomorrow since we weren't home together before the dinner.

 

December 11th (Oliver)

Oh to be a cat!! Enjoying the heater today.

 

December 10th (Adelyn's Clay Projects/Our Tree w/Grinch Theme)

Look at these amazing clay pieces Adelyn made in ceramics! She did so good, way better than I did back then.

She made this coffee mug on the wheel!! Talented for sure!!

This year I did a theme with the presents and even did some bows on them! Wow. I went with a Grinch Theme since I found some cute wrapping paper and bags. Easy. Plus I did green paper with red bows.

I love how it all turned out!
 

December 9th (Front Porch/Christmas Tree)

Got these trees and pillow cases to make our porch look Christmasy.

Nice and snug on the couch with Oliver enjoying the tree and real housewives!

 

December 7th (Jim Carey/Snow Village/Christmas Lights & Hot Chocolate)

This should be the moto!!

And Trump won President, not the biggest fan of him but I didn't want Kamala!!

Too bad Jeff, Nick's brother is having such a hard time with Trump. Oh geez.

Found these online and just wanted to remember them!

Adelyn did the Christmas Village! She also took pictures of Nick and I putting it out for Photographer. Then she did the rest, since she likes doing it a certain way. I am sure my Grandma Jacky loves seeing this, since it was hers.

Tonight we decided to get in the car to go look at Christmas Lights, I got these to go cups for hot chocolate I made up! So yummy and much cheaper than Starbucks!

Love family time in December.

Nottingham had a lot of lights!! Then we saw Beth's this year, looks great! Can't wait to go see more lights this month.

Great night!

December 6th (Annual Ornament Exchange-Sarah's Apartment)

Annual Ornament Exchange with the Momsquad tonight!

Sarah has gotten divorced and is now a Christian again, she was Jewish all these years for her ex. So she got a tree and a bunch of cute Christmas stuff, she was so excited to have us over!!

Everyone brought appetizers and an ornament!

She also has a Snoop on Stoop! Ha.

I made pickle dip, buffalo chicken dip and crostini with goat cheese, honey and fruit! I also brought this cute gingerbread man filled with crackers and the bread to use for everything! I love him!

I think we had enough food.

Ruth, Lizzie, Sarah and Erika.

Carey, Erin and I.

My plate! Yum!

Ornaments!

Lizzie gave this one! Love it, I almost ordered one similar.

The serious photo of me was blurry. So this is what we got! Ha.

Tried to get a good one with April, well that didn't work. Ha.

Group Selfie for the win!! What a great night of catching up with everyone and starting off the Holiday season with friends! I wanted to leave earlier but I had to convince the 3 other people that rode with me to leave. I am exhausted from the week of staying up late from volleyball. We started secret Santa so I stay later to do it with the club girls! Plus I have been woken up with dog and cat every night! Ugh.

 

December 3rd (Go Hawks)

Still can't believe I have a daughter that goes to my old school. It's so cool representing OE again!

 

December 1st (Homemade Pretzels)

I bought these cute sweatshirts for cheap but one was messed up so have to get a new one. Now the girls can match me. Lol.

Homemade Pretzels again, oh my these are so good!!!

 

November 30th (Snow-Bass Pro/Decorating the Tree as Family)

Nick, Ella and I ran some errands including Bass Pro.

They have such a pretty tree.

We found some new jackets for gifts.

I ran a few errands and took some pics of our first snow!

Tonight after dinner and showers we decorated our tree!! Yay.

Love this tradition!

I love our tree and all of our ornaments, even though my family thinks we have too many!

I think Oliver loves the tree as well!