Christmas 2013

Happy Monday friends!  I hope you all had a spectacular & blessed Christmas!  I can’t wait to hear all about what you did, who you feasted with, and what gifts you gave and received!  I don’t know if you remember this or not, but last year we moved for Christmas…..we were “unwrapping” a different kind of packages: our own belongings thrown into ugly brown boxes.  So while we were in our house this time last year, it was hardly the typical Christmas.  I guess I consider this Christmas to be the first one in our new house, and I was very much looking forward to it.  We decorated for Christmas, visited Santa, went to Christmas parties and shows, sent out our Christmas cards, and we were ready; this Christmas was just as much fun as we thought it would be.

On Christmas eve, after church, I made lots of cookies, and we drank delicious hot cocoa.

The morning of Christmas, the Mr. had to work so he brought home some yummy coffee to start Christmas morning.  I poured mine into this snowman mug….for obvious reasons :-)
For breakfast the Mr. fixed a fire in the backyard and I cooked, eggs, tater tots, biscuits & gravy, and sausage.

Since we got back from our cruise the pups have become our shadows.  I don’t think they ever want us to leave again.  I secretly love this!

Once we ate and saw that Santa had stopped by our house we were ready for presents! Can you believe that only 2 people and 2 four-legged people live here?! We’re definitely blessed!
The Mr played the role of Santa and handed out gifts.  The puppies were so excited and followed him back and forth to the tree.  I think I can honestly say that these two are big fans of Christmas :-)

See, the pups are really stuck to us these days lol
We thought this was super funny lol Mostly healthy oranges ;-)After unwrapping my first clue for a scavenger hunt, I found my hubby by the tree with a gorgeous new engagement/wedding ring upgrade.  I am *still* completely shocked.  He said that he bought this the day before we found out we were expecting in September.  That was really a monumental weekend!  He also got me a new lens for my camera; he knows me so very well!  I am seriously head over heels for that man, and not because I received awesome gifts, but because he loves me so much and he tries so hard to demonstrate his love for me.
We tucked some tissue paper under Tomlin’s collar and she wore this “cape” all day.  It was hilarious to watch her run around outside like a super hero lol

What is Christmas without something warm to eat (we had chili for supper) and watching A Christmas Story?! These two were completely worn out at the end of the day.  They were snoring so loudly on the couch; we had to turn the TV up to actually hear! This is what I thought about cleaning up after Christmas lol I ended up waiting until the next day just to enjoy the mess of Christmas a little bit longer.I hope you all had as wonderful a Christmas as we did.  It’s always the most magical time of the year, and I’m already looking forward to what Christmas will be like next year as a family of 5 (of course I’m including the pups in this number lol)