The Christmas and New 12 months’s blur

Sharing just a little 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. Stuffed with cheese and egg nog, and not sure of what day it’s. I hope you’re having fun with some down time, too!

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Some adventures from currently:

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 may go to Sedona or Mt. Lemmon as an alternative – and the ladies have been crushed after they came upon. I sort 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 at all times 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, driving rides, roasting s’mores, and having fun with all the lights and music.

(fave jeans are on sale here)

We got here residence the place we immediately jumped into vacation baking. Often I wish to get forward and freeze as a lot as doable and this 12 months completely bought 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 all the 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 superb as ordinary. 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 could be a creeper and take me into the dessert and homicide me. My good friend 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 facet of the fam after which got here residence 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 liked it.

Some pics from Christmas Day:

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

Try 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 films, naps, hikes, and beginning to atone for issues round the home. My purpose is to start out 2026 with clear closets!! I’m within the technique 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 ebook recap!

xo

Gina