Sharing a bit of recap of vacation adventures and holly jolly enjoyable.
Hello mates! How are you? How’s the week going? I hope that you just’re having an excellent one. It’s been a festive blur round right here. Filled with cheese and egg nog, and not sure of what day it’s. I hope you’re having fun with some down time, too!
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 yr – I figured we might go to Sedona or Mt. Lemmon as an alternative – and the women have been crushed once they discovered. I form of forgot how a lot of a practice it’s change into; that is our fifth yr 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 once 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 all the lights and music.
(fave denims are on sale right 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 attainable and this yr 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 all the cookies for vacation cookie trays and for the packages we make for the neighbors every year.
We additionally put collectively the enormous Saran wrap ball:
Christmas Eve was at my dad’s home and it was wonderful as regular. 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 may 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 items with dad’s aspect of the fam after which got here residence for an *tried* early bedtime for the youngsters (lol). I went to midnight mass solo which has change into an unintentional however stunning custom. I additionally went final yr on my own and cherished it.
Some pics from Christmas Day:
We had breakfast at our home and for the reason that Pilot needed to depart round lunchtime, we had dinner at madre’s home.
Try 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 atone for issues round the home. My purpose is to start out 2026 with clear closets!! I’m within the strategy 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 positively report again quickly 😉
Hope you’re having a beautiful week! I’ll be again tomorrow with a e book recap!
xo
Gina