Hey lovelies!

It has been a couple of weeks since my last update, and for that I do NOT apologize.

The holidays always manage to make me feel stressed, and blogging has to go to the back burner when I need to focus on friends, family, travel, and last but not least… myself.

Thought I’d give a quick update about our Holidays!

On Thursday, we got up bright and early, to drive to east texas, where my dad’s side of the family lives (Dad and Step Mom extrordinarre live in Tennessee). We picked up my little brother on the way, and made the journey to the east. It was awesome, we had a big breakfast and exchanged gifts including this beauty… Trust me, it is a long story…

It was so great to see my daddy…

We were watching the storm pass over our home, in DFW on the weather channel, and knew that we needed to get on the road if we wanted to get home safely.

We set off and got SO close, but just north of Frisco, they started closing off roads and people were sliding off everywhere because of the ice. We decided to detour to my grandparents house to get out of the “blizzard-like” conditions. We waited out the storm, but decided that we would try again to get home, as we had some plans for christmas morning, and wanted to get to our own beds.

Another hour + on the road, and eventually, we got home safe and sound.

We woke up on christmas morning, and I felt very jolly. I made some cinnamon/egg nog waffles for my hubby and brother… (don’t forget that your waffle iron needs non stick spray, or your first waffle could look like this:

Once I remembered that little nugget, my boys were happy.

We opened the few presents under the tree (as most were exchanged at other times and places) and I watched the parade and stared out my windows into our snow covered yard.

After breakfast, I got to have a christmas chat with my lola! The whole family was there, and she got to meet my brother clint, so it was pretty special for me.

Later that afternoon, we took my bro out to my grams house, where we had a DELISH dinner, and opened more presents. Grams and my great grandmother, aptly called “grandmother” made pies and potatoes, stuffing, and fruit salad. Yum.

I was sooooo glad to see my mom… isn’t she beautiful?

That is my holiday wrap up, I hope yours was just as enjoyable.

Cheers,