Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas!!!

Wow - it has been a FULL month!!!! Hope you've been following me on Instagram or Facebook for my December Daily posts. If not, here's a recap of the past couple days.

Celebrating Miss S 12th birthday on the 23rd, dinner and fun with my brother, his fiancé, her three girls and her parents on the 24th and a wonderful, quiet, mostly relaxing Christmas Day.


I have so much love in my hear today. For my family, my friends, for you. For phone calls and skyping with family near and far, for beautiful presents to open, for the bounty of cards received...but most of all for the birth of our Savior. Merry Merry Christmas!!!!

Wednesday, December 05, 2012

December!!!

I've been so MIA here lately -I'm having too much fun on Facebook and on Instagram!!! I'm documenting my December Daily on Instagram and absolutely love it. So this little blog will be quiet probably until after the new year. I need to find a good balance of my social media outlets:) To keep you occupied through the holidays - enjoy this little meme:):) I'd love to see you post it on your blog too - if you do leave me a comment so I can go check out your answers too:)

Christmasmeme

I found this fun little meme here....

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate 

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
A little of both
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
White

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Never

5. When do you put your decorations up? 
The day after Thanksgiving - it's my personal Black Friday tradition:) We don't go shopping - we decorate the house instead:)

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
Posole and tamales. I don't know what I'll do if we ever leave New Mexico.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child?
Big Christmas Eve dinners with extended family and lots and lots of cousins.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? 
 What? I still believe in Santa. He lives in our hearts and will always be real to me:)

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
 Yes - just one.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Total modge podge. Lots of homemade ornaments and ornaments we've collected throughout the year. I've always wanted to do a themed Christmas tree but have never done it - I love our mis match stuff:)

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
 I love it, love it, love it.

12. Can you ice skate?
 Not really.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
The rolodex my dad bought for me when I was maybe 16 or 17? It was the first Christmas my dad did some secret shopping of his own in addition to all the presents my mom bought.

14. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Being with family!!!!

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Pie - any kind.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Sending a TON of Christmas cards!! I usually send out about 125 - if not more.Christmas Eve we always open one present and have tamales and posole for dinner. Christmas Day we have cinnamon rolls and OJ and then a big dinner that night. Usually it's just the three of us but now that more family has been moving back to NM I'm looking forward to working on some new traditions.

17. What tops your tree?
A gold star.

18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving?
I love both but I think I prefer giving.

19. Candy Canes: Yuck or Yum?
YUM!

20. Favorite Christmas movie?
Elf

21. Saddest Christmas Song?
I'll be Home for Christmas - mostly cause I  haven't been "home" (aka my mom's house) for Christmas in probably 20 years.

22. What is your favorite Christmas song?
I have so many - 
We Three Kings
God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
Angels We Have Heard on High