Christmas Eve/Day

Wow, it's been a while. The next few posts will be catching up...
Over the past several weeks, we've enjoyed a wonderful Christmas, a lovely New Year's, I turned 17, and we have just recently been out of school for a whole week for about 8 inches of snow. Snow is a huge deal in Alabama. We NEVER get it...but for some reason, we are this year! (I think more than we can deal with! Haha!)


So - on to the Christmas post!


Christmas Eve morning, we (Mom, Dad, Erin, and myself) exchanged presents with each other. Christmas Eve around lunch time, Erin's boyfriend came over, and we had our present exchange with him. Christmas Eve night, we went to Popa and Granny's for Christmas with Dad's side of the family. We had a great time. We had lots of good food, and we also got our usual Coffee Punch that my aunt fixes us every year at Christmas...yum! Christmas with them is quite entertaining with the little kids. We had our present exchange and played...then, it was time to go back home to get ready for Santa!


Christmas morning, we woke up to SNOW. A white Christmas...everyone's dream! It was nice. We got up and opened Santa presents and then ran outside to play just a bit before we headed to my other grandparents house. Thankfully it wasn't too much where we couldn't go anywhere, but we just had to be extra careful on our way to Christmas with Mom's side of the family.


Here's just a few pics from Christmas Eve & Christmas Day...

Christmas at Popa & Granny's.

Cousins

Me and Addison (while we were waiting to open presents!)

One of my presents was...houndstooth rainboots!

Christmas Day Morning! (Time for Santa presents!)

Ollie:)



Santa did good! Look at all that ZEBRA print stuff!

Yay!



(Erin and I...we decided we'd get out our little umbrellas cause we were getting SOAKED!)
I loved being able to wear my rainboots since I just got them the night before!

(Me, Erin)

Erin, Me, & Buddy

Our snow woman - Sarah :)

Me and Erin with Sarah

Dad and Mom

Our 2nd Snowman - Ty (Sarah's boyfriend)

My first snowcream (that I remember eating!) And we just thought we got a lot of snow on Christmas....never knew we'd end up with 8 inches in the following days!

Anway, Christmas with Mom's side was great! We had a yummy breakfast and then opened presents...

One of my presents....
I was very happy to get my iPod Touch 4! :D

Okay, that is just a very little glimpse at our Christmas with just a few of the many pics we took.
Now...on to the next "catch-up" post! :)

Christmas Time!

Wow! I can't believe Christmas is here already!!
Here's some pics from our December days!


Here is my Christmas Tree! (I actually put it up a little before Thanksgiving...so I've been enjoying it for a while!)


Erin and I at the Christmas tree farm
(We always cut a tree every year!)


And here it is all decorated.


This is my Hallmark Barbie ornament...I collect these!


Of course Ollie has been a good addition this Christmas. :)




We have made more Tea Cake cookies this year than ever I think! They are so good and cute...
but I think we are about tired of seeing them for now! :)


Lots of posing in front of the Christmas tree has gone on of course!


Erin & Me...ready for a Christmas party




This cute little tin I got was FULL of candy to the top!


A few of my presents from friends!


Just a pic of Erin and me


And lastly, this would be me in my $88 houndstooth coat that I got for under $30!
It is very warm...perfect for these cold days we've had!

Hope your holiday season has been great!

Merry Christmas!

hAPPY tHANKSGiViNG!

First off....
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever." Psalm 107:1



Hope you've enjoyed this Thanksgiving day!
We had a nice lunch with my family, and now we are just hanging out.


Now...I guess the Christmas fun will begin!!
I've actually been enjoying my Christmas tree since last Friday...I just couldn't wait!



Last year, I had a star on my tree...but I found this really cute bow on sale at Hobby Lobby, and I thought it looked perfect! This is just the second year for me to have my white tree, so I'm still loving it!

So, in the past I've loved summer clothes waaay more than winter clothes until this year. I keep finding all these winter clothes I just love!!

My top favorite winter things: sweater dresses, boots, moccasins, and jackets. I've just recently discovered how much I love skinny jeans, too!



I am in love with these shoes!! They look cute with a lot of my casual clothes. I got them from American Eagle...for half price!

I found a really cute pair of black suede slouch boots that were on sale. They even have zebra print lining! :) Here is what they look like...except I bought black, not gray.




Today, I ordered a nice houndstooth coat...$88 on sale for $30! I'm loving these sales!

AND...I am also in love with these watches!!! They are so cute...and sooo cheap! $15! So far I only have a black and white one, but I'm hoping that will change after Christmas. ;)



Tomorrow = IRON BOWL!!



It should be a great game!!

ROLL TIDE!!
and Happy Black Friday to all you shoppers! :)

:)

NO SCHOOL TODAY!! It's parenting day! :)
We get out of school a lot this month. Along with today, we get out next Thursday, and then at the end of the month for Thanksgiving break...and we even got out early last Tuesday for bad weather.

Last Sunday afternoon (10-24) was the tailgate party at church...the one I made the cookies for. :)



Our pre-tailgate outfits. Haha! Meredith and I totally didn't plan this, but we did have on our Bama outfits that Sunday morning. :)

(I feel so short when I stand by Meredith...and I'm really not all that short - 5'5.....and a half! Meredith is just tall. Haha!)



Erin and Me. (Sisters divided...ROLL TIDE!)



On another note, check out these pretty mums Casey got Erin!




Hope your week has started off great!

Happy Saturday!

Tomorrow we are having a tailgate party at church, and I wanted to make some of my favorite cookies to take...

Tea Cake Cookies!! :)

I made pumpkins and leaves. We don't have a football cookie cutter, or I would have made some footballs. I thought they turned out pretty cute though.

I forgot to put the vanilla in them...but hopefully they're still as good as the ones my mom and sister made earlier this month.

Tomorrow will be 2 months since John and Jordan passed away. Can't believe it's already been that long.

Halloween is just right around the corner, too. But, that doesn't really excite me all that much. I hate anything scary, so Halloween isn't for me. I loved Trick-or-Treating when I was little, but now it's just not fun. I only like stuff like harvest festivals and pumpkin patches. The non-scary stuff of Halloween. Haha!

Happy Saturday! :)

It's All About the Houndstooth...

Mom and I went shopping today. Ahh, it almost felt like our summer shopping days! Haha. I bought way too much, but we had a great time....and pretty much everything I bought was one sale. :)

I've seen some people wearing this houndstooth hat recently...



...and I loved it! Today, I bought my own. My sister thinks I'm crazy for buying a hat because I NEVER wear hats. EVER. I just thought this was too cute, though!!

I also found the cutest houndstooth shoes...for $12!



Why were these very cute houndstooth shoes on sale?
Probably because Alabama messed up big time on Saturday. Ha! I'm kidding.

Houndstooth is for sure my second weakness - zebra print is my first. Ha!

Tomorrow = ortho appointment (retainer check-up) and more shopping!

Hope you've have a great Monday!

Fall Break!

FALL BREAK is here! We are out of school until Wednesday. Not a very long break, but at least we get out. I'm pretty excited to have a looong weekend.




I came home from school yesterday and was extremely happy to see these Tea Cake Cookies on the table.
My mom and sister made them. They are yummy...and very cute! :) Perfect fall treat.

Speaking of Fall...we had some very cool days this past week. I've never hated the cold weather, but I think this year I'm not going to like it at all. I already miss the 90 degree days spent by the pool. Haha!

Happy Friday!