The Christmas and New Yr’s blur

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

Hello associates! How are you? How’s the week going? I hope that you just’re having an important one. It’s been a festive blur round right here. Filled 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 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 women have been crushed once they discovered. I sort of forgot how a lot of a practice it’s change into; that is our fifth 12 months in a row! So, I shortly 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 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.

(fave jeans are on sale here)

We got here dwelling the place we immediately jumped into vacation baking. Normally I prefer to get forward and freeze as a lot as doable 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 annually.

We additionally put collectively the enormous Saran wrap ball:

Christmas Eve was at my dad’s home and it was wonderful 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 apprehensive that he could be 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 dwelling for an *tried* early bedtime for the youngsters (lol). I went to midnight mass solo which has change into 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 for the reason that Pilot needed to go away 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 make amends for issues round the home. My objective is to begin 2026 with clear closets!! I’m within the means of emptying Liv’s complete 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 a beautiful week! I’ll be again tomorrow with a guide recap!

xo

Gina