Sharing just a little recap of vacation adventures and holly jolly enjoyable.
Hello mates! How are you? How’s the week going? I hope that you just’re having an awesome one. It’s been a festive blur round right here. Filled with cheese and egg nog, and not sure of what day it’s. I hope you’re having fun with some down time, too!
Some adventures from recently:
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 ladies had been crushed after they came upon. I form of forgot how a lot of a convention it’s grow 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 at all times formally really feel like I’m within the vacation spirit once we’re on the Princess.
We had a tremendous 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.
We got here residence the place we immediately jumped into vacation baking. Often I wish to get forward and freeze as a lot as attainable and this 12 months completely received 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 normal. 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 pace 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 facet of the fam after which got here residence for an *tried* early bedtime for the youngsters (lol). I went to midnight mass solo which has grow to be an unintentional however stunning custom. I additionally went final 12 months on my own and liked 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 very best), asparagus, tacky potatoes, and birthday cake for child Jesus.
The remainder of the weekend has been motion pictures, naps, hikes, and beginning to atone for issues round the home. My objective is to begin 2026 with clear closets!! I’m within the strategy 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 positively report again quickly 😉
Hope you’re having a beautiful week! I’ll be again tomorrow with a guide recap!
xo
Gina
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