Ever since the day after Christmas I have hoped that somehow my decorations could take themselves down and put themselves away… no such luck. Yesterday I gathered everything Christmas related and put it all in the same room but then I ran out of motivation. Today was the day that I was gonna get it [...]
Every winter JP’s parents spend a month or two in Palm Desert, CA to get away from the cold weather in Washington. When Marlene called to tell me their travel plans I knew that we had to find a way to go meet up with them. Luckily they get to Palm Desert on December 31st [...]
Merry Christmas from our house to yours. Since I have over 100+ pictures from our awesome day I picked out my favorites to share with you.
I was standing in the kitchen when Lily turned to me and said “I have to know… does this hat make my head look big?” We both laughed so hard!
Today we drove out to Pipe Creek, TX to take a look at their Christmas Trees. I was so excited when I found it on the internet because I had no idea that there are tree farms in South Texas. Check out this awesome elf sign. Did you know that real Christmas trees are good [...]
Do you realize that tomorrow is December 1st! The other day when we were hanging Christmas lights in the yard I found the box with the fake evergreen garland in it. I knew I would use one of them for the mantel and the other two for the stairs. They come pre-strung with lights so [...]
This morning I stood in my house looking around at all of the Christmas stuff. I knew that this was the week I had to get it all put away but I didn’t feel like doing it. So I sat down, drank a cup of coffee, surfed the internet, and tried to motivate myself. After [...]
This morning my eyes popped open at 7:30am and I began to wonder why Lily hadn’t woken me up yet. I laid there for a little while listening to JP sleep and wondered if I should try to fall back asleep. I was way to curious about why I was the only one awake so [...]
It’s Christmas Eve and it got me thinking about Christmases past. Unfortunately there are a few years missing that I am working on finding copies of but here is Lily over the years.. Here is Lily on Christmas Eve 2004 over at my brothers house. Look how small she is! This is Lily on Christmas [...]
Today is my first day of having Lily on her two week long Christmas vacation. I figured it would be a good day to a few projects to get her into the Christmas mood. Ok, who am I kidding she is 100% ready to open those gifts under the tree! I put this tray in [...]
One of my favorite things about JP is that I am constantly learning from him. He has taught me a lot about collectible things. I was going through a pile of papers and I stumbled upon a huge stack of old Santa photos. Based on the dates on some of them and what the children [...]
One of our favorite rooms in the house is the Tiki Room. It was decided that this year we should put the Christmas Tree in the Tiki Room instead of the living room like last year. I had to move the furniture around a little bit but I totally made it work. Lily asked me the other [...]
Today Lily, JP and I went out and bought a Christmas Tree. We bundled up, trudged through the snow, got out our saw and cut it down. Ok, just kidding that isn’t really how we got it but I do think that version sounds more Christmasy. My two favorite people and our new tree! See [...]
We left Vanessa’s house this morning and headed north on Hwy 23/I-75. The town that we had in mind to stop at for the night is less than 3 hours away so we were not really in a big hurry to get there. Our first stop was in Flint, MI. If you know anything about [...]
Next time you are thinking about buying me a gift.. this is what I want. As you already know I have fallen in love with all things Snowbabie. As of this Christmas my own personal collection has begun. When I moved in with JP he already had a few of the character collectibles but here are the three [...]
I had this idea a few weeks ago and on Christmas Eve I set it into motion. I emailed pretty much everyone in my address book and posted on my facebook asking people to send me a picture that they took this Christmas. Thanks to everyone who helped make this posting possible! I am not [...]
I asked Lily to give me two words to describe Christmas Day and she said “awesome” and “wonderful”. She had no idea she was getting a laptop. Something that we learned from Lily is that if you don’t recognize the brand name you will have no idea what is inside the box. We love love love to get presents [...]
I am sitting in the living room waiting patiently as JP hooks up some of the electronic stuff. I am hungry and thinking about putting the tamales in the steamer. Last year we decided our Christmas Eve tradition would be to eat mexican tamales for dinner on Christmas Eve. Here I am sitting in the big [...]
Lily woke me up around 8am this morning to tell me she was hungry. We did some stuff around the house and then started prepping breakfast. We are big fans of fruit around here. Lily’s job was to wash the fruit. We have raspberries from California. Strawberries from Mexico (they look orange in the picture [...]
Here is our 2010 Christmas tree. This is the big bushy noble fir that we treked through the snow for. Here are a few of my favorite ornaments. Lily’s Snowbabie (they never put my name on this kind of stuff). My Dad sent Lily this ornament before he died. I still love it even if [...]
On Friday I went to Toys R Us to pick up a couple of Lily’s Christmas presents. It was a mad house in there but I found what I was looking for an got out of there in less than 30 minutes. The longest part of the store was spent waiting in line. Today I was cleaning receipts [...]
When I was a kid going to get a Christmas tree was a big deal. We would have to dress warm, trudge through snow, search, and finally find the perfect tree. Once we found it my Dad would get down on the ground and use a saw on it until it hit the ground. Then he would drag it [...]
I took the day off work today to do some shopping. It was perfect. Lily was at school and JP was at work. I seriously think that I bought them the perfect gifts. This is the first Christmas gift that I wrapped this year. A couple weeks ago we bought these towels. I never realized [...]
Today after work Lily and I headed to La Cantera to finish shopping for JP’s Christmas gifts. When we were walking past the Apple store Lily was captivated with this Santa. He looks very real, right? See even Santa wants a new iPhone.
Spending the last few days in Montana made me appreciate the weather here in San Antonio. I am not sure why I was so surprised but when I walked out of work today it was beautiful and warm. 73° on December 14th is nothing to complain about. On my way home today I started thinking [...]
This is too cute not to share. Lily’s dad emailed me this list that Lily made for Santa while she was at his house. I totally know what she is trying to say on every item… do you? I also decided to post this one. This is a note we found on Lily’s side of the [...]
A couple days ago JP’s Mom Marlene told me that she mailed us a Pre-Christmas package and it was ok to open it before Christmas. I saved it for Lily to open today. When I handed her the package she read it to herself and said “Ooooh I know who this is from!” and she started to open [...]
How do you make a fun wreath? Check this out. First you need a plain wreath. Some Playmobil toys, a glue gun and lots of glue sticks. A couple hours later you will have this. I took some closer pictures so you can see the detail.
Today JP and I got all dressed up and headed to his work Christmas party. I think this picture says it all. Never a dull moment.
Today we started putting up our christmas lights outside. Here is a picture of the lights we have to work with. We didn’t have to buy a single strand of lights this year. Here is Lily helping to put lights on the tree. And me wrapping them on the railings. It was JP’s job to do [...]
When we were on vacation I saw some birds in a boutique that I totally loved. The woman in the shop told me that wool birds are all the rage this season. I thought about those birds a few times since then and then today I saw them again. We were in a store and [...]
The other day when I was looking through JP’s Christmas stuff in the garage I found this wreath. I have never really been a big fan of wreaths but I really like this one. I especially love the little vintage angels! And the little Santa Clauses. I totally plan on putting this one out on the [...]
Today I was totally motivated to decorate for Christmas. I have these awesome ideas in my head about lights, garlands, etc but I couldn’t convince you know who to help me. I decided to take it upon myself to get it done. I climbed the tall ladder in the garage and the first thing I [...]
We went to Macy’s today to look for winter coats for our trip next month. Did you know they already have Christmas stuff out!!! I am not sure exactly when it started but a few years ago Lily became fascinated with nutcrackers. Anytime she see them in stores she has to stop and look at all of [...]
A couple weeks ago I was in Macys and I spotted the cutest ornaments. To my amazement I found ornaments with the names that I wanted on them. I bought John, Lily and Jennifer the same ornament because they were so cute. When John and Lily opened theirs on Christmas morning his was broken. Ironically [...]
This is what we do for fun on Christmas Eve… And … Then And nothing would be better than a good game of scrabble ……
Last year I bought this shirt because I am pretty sure this is what I would say to Santa if he questioned my behavior! Take a look at my stocking hanging on the fireplace, it is from when I was a kid. This is a picture of me and JP experimenting with the camera … [...]
Me and Lily have always called them prizes instead of presents. I’m not sure exactly when it started but around here you get birthday prizes, easter prizes, christmas prizes .. etc. I told the girls this morning that I tried to get Santa to come last night but he was too busy so I had to [...]
Once the houses actually stayed together they started slaving away on the decorations. The finished houses! When they asked me why I didn’t decorate mine I told them that I think the Grinch lives there. But the real reason is because they needed a lot of assistance.
Lily, Adeline & Zoe are my little elves today. Here are a few pictures of us starting to make gingerbread houses … I have a whole new respect for architecture after this experience!
Rosa Claus You better watch out You better not cry Better not pout I’m telling you why Rosa Claus is coming to town She’s making a list And checking it twice; Gonna find out who’s naughty and nice Rosa Claus is coming to town She sees you when you’re sleeping She knows when [...]
Ohh Little Debbie how I love your delicious cakes! Imagine my surprise as we walked thru the HEB today and JP told me he had never had a Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cake .. OMG .. Seriously? Mmmmm .. eating these takes me back to the days of advent and all the delicious treats we [...]
I have a funny relationship with Christmas tree decorations. When we were growing up pretty much everything on our Christmas tree was edible. Give me some packs of gum, smarties, lifesavers, rubber bands, and ornamet hooks and I can make you some super cute edible ornaments. Or give me a whole lot of string, a box [...]
These are the palm trees in the backyard that I have been thinking about decorating. I am not sure if I am going to do it though. So many decisions. What color lights? How many lights? Do I only put the lights on the trunk? If I put lights on them will I want to [...]
We started putting up our Christmas decorations today. We have a lot to do .. Put up tree and trim the tree? √ Put up the christmas lights outside? √ Outside Lights What are we forgetting?
It is a bright, sunny day in San Antonio, TX… Currently 27 degrees outside, putting everyone in a Christmas sort of mood. The picture is the Riverwalk, click on it to hear a great example of a regional holiday song, enjoy!
