what we did the last 2 weeks

1. lots of baking: gingerbread cookies, 4 mini bundt 7-up pound cakes, peanut butter blossoms and ooey, gooey pumpkin bars for friends/neighbors.

2. lots of shuffle board tournaments. ham won till mike took over his title a few days later

3. lots of cooking: made thai beef curry with garlic noodles for christmas eve. think i made that last year.  deviled eggs, applewood ham, ribs, roasted potatoes with peppers and roasted garlic broccoli for christmas dinner,

4. lots of gifts from out of town family. (uncle dan + aunt terri, nanny and poop poop)

5. probably the second time in both of my kids life that they were up by 8AM.  ham was by default. kaylee went and woke him up.

6. lots of smiling faces as everyone opened their gifts. (mike got me an anthropologie gift card besides my ixchel triangle purse a few months before)

7. lots of wearing comfy clothes including sweatpants on christmas day. so awesome!

8. my parents came to visit with their dog, mandy.

9. the boys went to the rockets game while us girls hung out or went shopping. not a good shopping trip this year, didn't find anything. did get to eat lots of good food though!

10. lots of board games: pictionary, trivia pursuit, aggieopoly, just dance 2015 on the wii.  * played over and over

11. lots of movies: the maze runner, divergent (numerous times), big daddy...*can't think of any more

12.  lots of sleeping in, chill'n and relax'n.

brain dumping + nothing too exciting going on = this blog post

 1. this is how my house looked for a few days early december. big house + not enough decorations = christmas decorating block.

 2. kids + funny faces while decorating the christmas tree = a post on my blog!

3. pretty ornaments + lights = beautiful tree.

4. last christmas + texas = kinda regretting the decision to move.

5. indiana + family = happy kaylee and mike.

6. mean girl + telling the class that kaylee's a spoiled, selfish little girl = something mean girl's mom is probably telling her at home.

7. mean girl +  mean girls mom = us talking to the principal to get kaylee moved out of her current class = no more drama! (she will be moved after winter break)

8. birthday + kaylee = double digits. which has been hard for this mama to take.

9. birthday + ham = even harder for this mama to take. (his is in january)

10. both kids + annoying their mom about opening an early christmas gift =  jimmy kimmel horrible gift prank on the kids.  will post video.

catching up with pictures

 went to san antonio for a few days over thanksgiving and it was awesome!

 we stayed at the elian resort and spa. this is the back of it and its such a cool place. if i could, i would move here. (san antonio is beautiful with its hills and all the trees!) its a mix of resort and apartment complexes. it also had a restaurant, bar and business's.  see the black and white awning? perfect spot for me to open a home decor/photography business.

 we got to meet ricky williams. he played for the longhorns and the dolphins and he was in town.

made mike's day! (he got the jersey he's wearing signed.)

 while in san antonio, the dad's and kids went to six flags and sea world. while us mom's shopped and just chilled at the resort. again, it was awesome!  we ate thanksgiving dinner at a little place called mimi's cafe. their turkey was very moist and the food was delish but ham and i both think homemade is better.

 making taco's in my new shoes. 

 decorating the christmas tree with funny faces. oh boy- kids are funny!

 went and painted christmas presents for my parents.  reindeers are grandkids.

 my neighbor's house. he does this all by himself every year. 

 friday lunch date 's at her school.

best friend coming over to decorate gingerbread houses.