Holiday Update: I Missed You!!!!

Hi friends!
Oh how I missed you over the holidays. It WAS a much needed break and I loved spending time with my family.
One of the most exciting things was that we actually had a White Christmas!The picture above was our little mail run after Christmas Eve service & dinner.
I thought I'd post a little recap so you could see what we've been up to!I apologize for the poor picture quality - my mom played photographer for most of the week and just used her point and shoot...
Marcy has LOVED all of the recent snow....
My very own santa claus! She was waiting patiently for my parents & sister to arrive.
Me seeing my sister for the first time in almost 7 months! And my dad photo bombing with his ridiculous sock monkey hat....
A treat waiting for my sister when she arrived - it's the Peppermint Chocolate Krispies {In A Jar} from the blog (:
She really enjoys face diving into snow...
...the second day my family was here I decided to chop off all of my hair...I'm happy with it! It was just time for a little "hair change".
My parents brought us a ton of fun gifts from their Holy Land cruise (:
...to include that ridiculous hat...We played a ton of board games.
My mother taught us how to belly dance...
We got to visit the Electric Zoo!It's a zoo on the side of the mountain in Colorado Springs. They completely cover it in christmas lights so you can walk through it at night!
I got to feed and meet some live giraffes.
We found a FAZOLI'S!!I'm not sure if you know what that is, but they basically don't exist anymore. Their breadsticks will blow your mind.
I taught my sister how to make Homemade Doughnuts.
I met Santa in the supermarket...
We headed to Christmas Eve service....
...some of you were lucky enough to catch our amazing #awkwardfamilyphoto
I made an AMAZING southern Christmas Eve dinner.I'll be posting an entire post this weekend on just Christmas so stay tuned...
We ran to the mailbox after dinner....so I could get my December Cara Box!!!!
Ryan & Dad enjoyed cigars...
My sister, Marcy & I played in the snow.
Marcy finally got to enjoy her cow...
I got the BEST Cara Box...
The family took a drive to Garden of the Gods
Snapped a few hopefuls for 2013 christmas pics
Took some lovey-dovey pictures of Ryan and I
...and my crazy mother climbed out there so I could get this amazing picture...
It was such a wonderful holiday!!!
I plan to post this weekend on our Christmas specifically, but I just wanted to say hello!
What did you do with your family and friends over the past week?!Did anything fun or exciting happen for you?


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