Thursday, December 30, 2010

Santa Baby!

Remember this sweet, little guy?

Well he just celebrated his first Christmas!

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Merry Christmas Santa Baby!
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

B&W Wednesday: S'mores!

What do you get when you mix...
One cold December night,
One new chiminea- (courtesy of Santa Claus!),
One box of honey graham crackers,
Two Hershey's milk chocolate bars,
Marshmallows,
One bottle of Alien Amber Ale beer (to wash down the crumbs),
One set of patio lights, and
One sweet pup to keep you warm?
Answer: The Perfect S'mores Recipe!

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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Christmas Present

I can't believe another Christmas has come and gone! As each year passes the holiday season seems to shorten. This year I did my best to just relax and enjoy some of the small things, which included making one of the best Sweet Potato Pies I think I ever tasted!
Here are some of my favorite pictures from this year's Christmas...
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Sweet Shot Day
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Friday, December 24, 2010

Christmas Past

The memories of Christmas Past are what make us look forward to Christmas each year. Let's take a little trip down memory lane...
Christmas 1958- My mom (left) and Aunt Virginia
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"Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus!"
Christmas 1964- My dad & his pup, Margo
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Check out the Chemistry Lab set under the tree!
Christmas 1985- Yours truly & Frosty the Snowman
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Christmas 1989- Happy camper with my clip-on earrings & my favorite sweatshirt- Littlefoot from Land Before Time!
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Christmas 1990- Little brother's first Christmas
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It was obviously a cold winter that year...check out his eskimo hat!
Christmas 1993- Look what Santa brought!
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Where the music career began!
Christmas 1994- Oh dear....
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Please tell me I wasn't the only kid who did this! Haha!
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Merry Christmas to all!
May your Christmas Present be filled with lots of sweet memories!

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Over The River and Through The Woods....

To Grandmother's house we go!
{Except my version went a little like this...}
Over the freeway and through airport security,
To Dallas, Texas I go...
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I spent this past weekend with a group of some of my all-time favorite people! It was a fun weekend filled with lots of laughs, stories, shopping, food, dancing, phone calls from Santa, dog birthday celebrations and of course tons of pictures to document it all! IMG_9845w
Saturday night we had a fondue & wine Christmas party!
Let me just tell you, the food was fabulous!
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And the drinks weren't too shabby either!
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Say "Cheese!"
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After the main course, we treated ourselves to some wonderful desserts compliments of Katie!
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Homemade brown butter rice krispy squares & orange marshmallows! Mmm!
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After dessert we celebrated Ollie's 2nd birthday....birthday hats and all!
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Nothing like playing a little impromptu piano duet with your BFF!
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All in all, it was a great night with a great group of friends!
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P.S. Do you think boots are in this season? :) {This wasn't planned!}
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Love you girls!
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Monday, December 20, 2010

Candy Cane Hearts

Christmas is almost here...
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I love this time of year!
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Christmas Countdown!

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10 Days!!
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*Cute gift tags courtesy of Rebecca @ Simple As That! Check them out here!
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