Project 365: 12.18

A Beautiful Winter Night

All was calm and the snow glittered tonight...I loved stepping outside after the kids were tucked in bed to capture this winter night!

The icicles and lights at our neighbors house (Drew & Trina's) looked magical.

The snow sparkled.

I loved how the old milk jug outside our front door looked as though it was dusted with glitter.

My magic snow boots...What a great night!

Project 365: 12.17

Tree Decorating...check!

Finally finished decorating our Christmas tree. Our theme this year is 'birchwood chalet'...inspired by Target. We used alot of red & brown colors and pinecones & cranberries, which went well with our handmade theme.

A few favorite ornaments...my all time favorite, daughter ornament from Hallmark (circa 1980's)

Little gingerbread ladies from when I was a kid, made by a family friend Shelley Baldwin.

A new addition, some houndstooth fabric ornaments.

And red glittery stars from Ikea, the kids picked them out and hung all the ornaments themselves this year!

Project 365: 12.16

A Very Special Christmas Concert

Ace preformed with his Kindergarten class tonight at the Elementary School Christmas Concert. This could very likely be the last concert in this school, as all the children will be attending the new school next fall. The whole show was wonderful to watch!

Mrs. Wallace's Kindergarten class preforming 'The Troublesome Shoes'....

...and 'We Are Elves'

Scarlett saying HI to our neighbor Arlie before the concert.

Kyra & Scarlett hung out together for the show.

The Christmas play was called 'It's Christmas Carole'. The rest of the performances were great, very entertaining!

Project 365: 12.15

Happy Birthday Papa!

Project 365: 12.14

Tonight we had fun decorating sugar cookies!

Project 365: 12.13

A photoshoot with these two adorable kiddos, my niece & nephew.

Wine Club - Holiday Party

Tonight my girlfriend Christy hosted a holiday party for our Wine Club. It was an amazing night! We each invited a guest and to switch it up a bit, we each brought a cocktail instead of wine and our favorite appetizer.

Check out the fully-stocked drink garnish containers...

I invited my sister Christa as my special guest, we both had a great time!

Starr's Cocktail

1 oz butter ripple schnapps

1 oz green sour puss

1 cup fresca

squeeze of lime

cranberries for garnish

Kendra's Chocolate Martini

We were all settling in nicely with the drinks...then it was time to dive into the appetizers! It was quite the spread...delish!

Christy anticipated a not-so-nice morning the next day...so she took her hang-over meds.

Jocelyn's Cocktail...fruity martini

Christy & Trinette both served Mojitos...with fresh mint

The mint was beginning to look a bit unappealing...like seaweed (note-to-self: strain the mojitos next time).

Lian's Cocktail

Michelle's Jack Frost Martini

The look on Christy's face says it all...these martinis looked amazing but tasted awful, we could hardly drink them, probably because they were 100% alcohol.

We finished up the night with visiting and some fun photos!

Happy Holidays Wine Club!