Christmas Highlights from the iPhone

Lots more to come....

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Merry Merry Christmas!

Christmas Picture 2011

We have loved getting everyone's Christmas cards this year.  I even reused the sign from our picture to showcase all the cards.

I have a post coming soon about our Christmas cards this year, but until then,
 Merry Christmas!

Love,

Mindy, Nick, Belle and Brontie

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Christmas Party

We had ourselves a Merry Mexican Christmas party last Sunday.

I sent out this little email as the invite...

Hello Everyone!

Sorry....no cute invitation this time. But I do have a little rhyme for you.

It's Christmas time

It's Christmas time

And so I bring you a little rhyme

Our house is cute

With a tree to boot

So come on over and have a hoot

Get a lift

Bring a gift
Or else we'll all be kind of miffed

This rhyme is dumb
And so I'm done
I hope you all are able to come.

Ok, that's all I've got.

Come on Sunday, December 4 at 4:00 in the afternnon. Bring a white elephant gift. Something cheesy and cheap. I will accept hostess gifts as well. Nick and Jeremy are making Tamales, so just bring some sort of side dish or appetizer or dessert or drinks to share...but I will have hot chocolate...what more do we really need?. Bring whatever you want because I don't feel like assigning.

I love you all!

Mindy and Nick (but really just Mindy)

The tamales were delectable....

And the desserts were just ok...my oven sucks....it's totally not me, i swear.

We had ourselves a rousing white elephant gift exchange.

Very fitting that Tim opened the fire extinguisher, seeing as how he is a fireman.

Oh Belle, the cuteness...

Believe it or not, I actually really did get a hostess gift from Natalie....she's my favorite.

Well, that's that.  Pardon my crappy iphone pictures.  I was a little upset with my lack of pictures from this party.  I will do better next time, I promise.

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Something FUN!!

Caramel Cup is now selling the most delicious caramel and chocolate covered pretzels you have ever tasted on Etsy.

You should seriously get youself some of these....or get them as Christmas gifts.  But, you will want your own...trust me.

Head here to Caramel Cup's etsy site to check them out. 

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California Wall

Back in April, I bought myself this print for my birthday:

And it inspired me to do a California wall in our house.  Pretty much all of the traveling that Nick and I have done together has been to different places in our very own state. So, it seemed fitting to do this wall, considering that we have tons of picture of these adventures.

It was quite a process to complete it.  I couldn't just hang the frames up on the wall without laying it all out to see how I wanted it to look.  So, I pulled out an old roll of Christmas wrapping paper to help me out.  Here's how it all went down:

1. I laid out the wrapping paper on my dining room table.

2. I traced all the frames out onto the paper and labeled each section of the paper with the size of the frame. 

3. I cut all those shapes out.

4. Then, discovered that since they had been living all rolled up, they were not going to sit flat for me.  So, I ironed them...ughh.

5.  I arranged and rearranged the wrapping paper on the wall around the California print, until I got it positioned to my liking.

6.  Then, I nailed the frames to the wall.

I found the quail picture in a random ABC animal pack by Martha Stewart that was on sale for a dollar.  I made the whale by cutting it out of fabric and embroidering it onto the blue.  Both the quail and the whale are state symbols of California, in case you didn't know.

I must say, I am quite pleased with how the wall turned out....other than the one picture that has nothing to do with California and is turned sideways.  Can you spot it?  Apparently, I can't count, and I developed the wrong number of pictures.  We'll see how long it is before I actually do something about that.

And, for your viewing pleasure, here are some of the pictures that are gracing our wall:

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Orange Crush

Over Thanksgiving break, Rock Harbor had their annual football tournament.

Nick and a bunch of our friends played for the Orange campus team, which explains the orange shirts.

I found it ironic that Nick was out there playing while I was on the sidelines.  Afterall, I am the real football player in this family.  (See here for proof.)  But, Nick managed to make quite a name for himself with his sacking skills.  People are still talking about him.  Just remember, behind every great man is a great woman.  

Unfortunately, Nick's crazy skills were not enough to pull off a win in either game they played.  But come next year, they'll be ready.  And hopefully, there will be a game for the girls so people can see who Nick learned all his skills from.

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Fa La La La La

We got ourselves a tree last week.....

And before we could even decorate it, Brontie decided to use it as a chew toy and chew off a couple branches.  I came home to a gaping hole in the tree. 

The little punk.

So we turned it.*

Then, we decorated it*.  That really wore some of us out...

Then we decorated the rest of the house*...

Now I love hanging out in my cozy living room....

*Disclaimer: when I say "we" I actually mean me.  Somehow, every year, when it comes time to drag in the boxes of Christmas decorations and adorn the house, Nick is nowhere to be found.  At least he helps with buying the tree.

And, my pups were there to help me...

I have more decorations to put out and make, but that's all I've got for now, so that'll do.

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Want another shot at winning some Plum Paper Christmas cards?  Head over to Katie's Nesting Spot because Kristina is giving away 20 more.  Last chance to win!  And don't forget, her sale is going on through Friday!  Go here to check out the deals.

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