The Christmas and New Yr’s blur

Sharing a little bit recap of vacation adventures and holly jolly enjoyable.

Hello buddies! How are you? How’s the week going? I hope that you simply’re having a fantastic one. It’s been a festive blur round right here. Stuffed with cheese and egg nog, and uncertain of what day it’s. I hope you’re having fun with some down time, too!

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Some adventures from these days:

We had our annual journey to the Princess to benefit from the Christmas-y occasions and lights. I didn’t plan on going this 12 months – I figured we might go to Sedona or Mt. Lemmon as an alternative – and the women have been crushed once they discovered. I type of forgot how a lot of a convention it’s turn out to be; that is our fifth 12 months in a row! So, I rapidly booked an evening, and I’m so so glad we did. I all the time formally really feel like I’m within the vacation spirit after we’re on the Princess.

We had an incredible dinner at Toro on property:

and spent the remainder of the night ice skating, using rides, roasting s’mores, and having fun with the entire lights and music.

(fave jeans are on sale here)

We got here house the place we immediately jumped into vacation baking. Often I prefer to get forward and freeze as a lot as doable and this 12 months completely acquired away from me. I made two pies for my dad’s home:

(a chocolate pecan bourbon and a chocolate meringue)

extra peppermint bark:

and we baked the entire cookies for vacation cookie trays and for the packages we make for the neighbors every year.

We additionally put collectively the enormous Saran wrap ball:

Christmas Eve was at my dad’s home and it was superb as typical. They ordered PF. Chang’s (the Pilot and I had our first date at PF Chang’s! I had simply met him at Starbucks and was fearful that he is perhaps a creeper and take me into the dessert and homicide me. My buddy was on velocity dial. Seems he wasn’t a creeper and our date of dinner + Starbucks afterwards was 5 hours lengthy and completely pretty).

We opened presents with dad’s aspect of the fam after which got here house for an *tried* early bedtime for the children (lol). I went to midnight mass solo which has turn out to be an unintentional however lovely custom. I additionally went final 12 months on my own and beloved it.

Some pics from Christmas Day:

We had breakfast at our home and because the Pilot needed to depart round lunchtime, we had dinner at madre’s home.

Take a look at the lobster tails that Kyle grilled!!!

We additionally had steaks from ButcherBox (the most effective), asparagus, tacky potatoes, and birthday cake for child Jesus.

The remainder of the weekend has been films, naps, hikes, and beginning to compensate for issues round the home. My objective is to begin 2026 with clear closets!! I’m within the means of emptying Liv’s whole room (pray for meeee) and prepping as a result of Maisey is getting a child sister… this week! I’ll undoubtedly report again quickly 😉

Hope you’re having an exquisite week! I’ll be again tomorrow with a e book recap!

xo

Gina