Christmas is in the Air

I wish I had taken more pictures of "putting up Christmas", but this is all I got, and the girls loved it. Penny loved holding the ornaments and then holding them next to the tree as if she were helping. Olivia was a huge helper, she made a beautiful cluster of silver ornaments right at her level. I wanted to spread them out so badly, but then I realized just how much I loved it. 

Baby Booting

Since Ryan started school this Fall, I decided to start making and selling baby boots again. I opened up shop on Etsy, opened an Instgram account, and was busy all Fall. I was a vendor in the Small Shop Round Up in September and the Beehive Bazaar in December. I sewed for hours every day. An hour or two during nap time, and then a few hours at night while Ryan studied. It was fun, and I was so busy. But I think I'm ready for a little break now. Or a break for forever. We'll see. 

 

Pasta Lover

But really. This girls loves spaghetti and lasagna, and these pictures make me so happy. 

Christmas at Riverwoods

We were at Riverwoods for dinner and decided to take advantage of the surprisingly warm weather, and enjoy the lights and with hardly a line to see Santa, we quickly prepped Liv for her list with Santa. She was awesome. She hopped right up on his knee and told him she wanted a "dollhouse". Then we put Penny on his other knee for a picture, and she immediately put her hand against his face, trying to push him away and screamed at the top of her lungs. I wish we had a video of it, it was hilarious. This may just be my favorite picture of all time. 

The girls both loved all of the lights. They would just look around with awe and say "wow!", we absolutely love this time of year, and all of the joy and happiness it brings. 

Qualtrics Christmas Party

Every year Qualtrics keeps trying to out do themselves at the Christmas party, and so far they have! This year was a Roaring 20's theme. I was pretty excited, and was lucky enough to find a costume from a friend the night before the event! My friend Erin did my hair, it was such a fun night out. Everything was decked out in glitz and glam. We had a delicious buffet dinner and then our entertainment was Brian McKnight, he was awesome. He has such an amazing voice, it was such a fun night. Then we stuck around for the DJ for a few minutes and danced our little hearts out. Such a good time. 

Festival of Trees

We were able to go to the Festival of Trees with Mimi, and the girls loved it. They loved the lights, and all the toys and especially the princesses and pink trees. The gingerbread houses were also incredible, our favorite was the Queen Elsa Ice Castle. Olivia has the best memory in the world and wanted to do the same activities she did last year. She had her nails painted and got a ring, she fished for a piece of candy and made a little caterpillar craft. I love these memories with my girls and my mom. Such a fun time of year. 

Thanksgiving

We had a beautiful and warm Thanksgiving this year. Since we haven't planted any trees in our yard Livy was so excited to "help" Grandpa rake some leaves, but really she just wanted to jump in them. All the girls had such a good time running and jumping and running around while we finished preparing the food. 

We had a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner, and my mom had some fun crafts for the girls while we waited for the turkey to cook. As per tradition we all went around and said things we were thankful for, and of course Livy made sure to include her pink blankie. We had absolutely so much to be grateful for. This was such a fantastic year. We have loved making our new house a home. I am so excited to be in this neighborhood, with such amazing people and look forward to raising our beautiful children here.