Christmas Catch Up

I took a nice blog vacation with my real vacation, and I'm back feeling refreshed and ready to catch up. I had some vacation time that needed to be burned up, which made me feel a little old. I've always been the one kicking it in my cube on NYE, but this year, I took nearly the whole week off. We did some shopping, running, cooking and a whole lot of eating.

Let's rewind to Christmas.

One of our traditions is to eat Chinese, watch Christmas Vacation and drink eggnog. It was fun carrying on this tradition now that we are married and in our first place together.

Christmas Eve we went for a 6 mile run, attended our church's candelight service, and spent the evening with Matt's family. We had breakast for dinner, complete with a bloody mary bar.

We woke up Christmas morning to presents and mimosas! The Grizz was super excited. Being nice went straight out the window when he realized the stocking was full. He got a new leash with a flashlight and a place for poop bags. The joys of city life.

Then we headed up the mountain to my parents house. It was my first white Christmas ever. So festive..and what a great year for it!

We were excited to open presents and drink hot chocolate. With lots of marshmallows!

And of course, just admire the snow.

Hope each of you had a refreshing and relaxing break and were able to take the time to remember the real reason we celebrate.