One of my favorites!
For anyone interested, our Family Christmas update can be found HERE!
This Christmas has been great! We got snow this week, which allowed us to actually have a white christmas (even if it wasn't snowing on the actual day!)
Today has been very fun and quite relaxed! We slept in, ate a yummy breakfast, and then opened presents with Michael and Mindy.
Rockin' the high school apparel & no make-up look
We ate our traditional Thanksgiving dinner on Christmas this year. I was REALLY excited to eat all my favorite things that I missed out on in November!
Marshmallow-ing up the yams! YUM!
Our pretty table! Mom didn't want to use the self-timer, so she's missing from the picture.
It's funny how Christmas changes as you get older. I finally understand why my parents always enjoyed watching us open presents rather than opening presents themselves. While receiving gifts is still very fun (especially once you're past the age of snooping and ruining the fun of Christmas morning), it's even more fun to shop for gifts and give them!
I gave...
Dad: a Jeopardy daily calendar for his classroom
Mom: a Champagne salad dressing she requested from Trader Joe's and a fun book about "How to Open Your Own Bed & Breakfast" since she's always talked about wanting to open her own.
Both Parents: Tickets to Trans-Siberian Orchestra for tomorrow night (combination present with Michael and Mindy)
Michael: the complete set of Planet Earth (BBC edition) on BlueRay
Mindy: a fun paisley purse
Some of my favorite presents this year include:
awesome gray boots!
fun "coffee table" books for my future library
pretty leopard earrings! (Ok, ok...I picked these out a few days ago, but Mom still gifted them to me!)
cute music note magnets
fun baking things (including cake-pop molds!)
Wedding pictures from M&Ms wedding this summer!
My MOST FAVORITE smelling candle from Anthropologie!!!
'Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 2' and 'The Help' on DVD
A BEAUTIFUL Fossil watch. I'm a big girl now! =)
A wonderful "surprise" book from Dustin. He gave it to me on my birthday and let me open one page a week. Today's final page was a coupon for a Weekend Getaway to Victoria, British Columbia! Yay!
An incredible monetary contribution to my UWP fund - this was a gift given to me by my parents in my Grandmother's memory. Thanks Grandma! I can't thank you enough!
And finally.....The thing I am MOST excited about...
A HAWAIIAN VACATION ONCE I GRADUATE! It will be an awesome vacation spending time with my mom, dad, Michael, and Mindy, and I even get to take Dustin along! Yes! I've never been to Hawaii and I've been dreaming of going for a long time now!
{{ Merry Christmas to all! }}
I hope everyone had a fabulous day spending time with family and loved ones!
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