A  sunny/snowy St. George Christmas

We celebrated Christmas in St. George the day after Christmas. It was my first Christmas away from home, it was hard I'm not going to lie, a few tears were shed but I made it through. My family was so patient and understanding, LOVE them!! We woke up SUPER early 5:30 a.m. {day 2 of early mornings, hated that} but I was so excited to be home that it was worth it. We decided last minute to tell my family that we slept in, so we wouldn't be there till late afternoon.... oooh they were mad!! It was so fun to see their faces as we busted through the door. We embraced, mom said a FEW choice words, we laughed, almost cried, and then got the party started!!!

we put on our Christmas Eve PJ'S 

and even came down the stairs

and unleashed our inner child.

 Santa Came

 We must have been good.... very good

because we got SPOILED!! from ALL!!

 we were going to relax

maybe go see a movie

we were exhausted

we barley made it through all the presents let alone a movie

thank you for an amazing Christmas

and making this special time extra special

Taste Life.....

that's exactly what we did... ate and ate and ate

amazing, beautiful, delicious food

 We had a Surprise visit from Mathew, so good to see him.

and a lovely time with grandma and grandpa

The Art of pulling Apple Strudel

 pull and stretch

 but don't poke any holes

 spread the butter

 layout the apples

 sprinkle cinnamon and sugar

 roll it up and bake it

ta-dah.

its so amazing mmmm!!!

my mouth is watering,i wish i could make it right now, but i need my mom.... mom do you want to come over so we can make strudel???

{and yes that is me in a red robe, 

with foils in my hair. Don't judge me!!!}

Happy New Years

ive never been a huge fan of new years eve, i think its overrated, too much hype, not enough bang for its buck. we had a lovely low key new years. ate yummy food, played some games, pored the bubbly and RANG in the new year.

we are very blessed 

we have had an amazing year

and we hope for many more to follow