Weekend in Photos: Holiday Style
The weekend went by pretty fast being that I had to work from 8 am to 3 pm on Saturday at an event. But like most weekends, there was still a flurry of exercise, activity, good food and some relaxation. Oh and the Ducks beat UCLA on Friday - we're off to the Rose Bowl!
Morning runs both Saturday and Sunday - the manfriend and I ran 9 miles (including some hilly trail) on Sunday!
We bought and put up our fake Charlie Brown size tree!
I'm kind of surprised we got a fake tree, but it will be nice to have for future years. I absolutely love the smell of real pine needles and having a real tree in the house, but this year I wanted something smaller so this one works. And I think it turned out pretty well despite being plastic and all. ;)
My mom used to read The Polar Express to us every Christmas. It holds this magical place in my heart and I finally bought a copy for myself.
In true holiday spirit, I even busted out my old boom box to listen to my Amy Grant Christmas tape --> nerd alert! Then I moved on to Bing Crosby and Mariah Carey on CDs.
What is your favorite thing, food, activity that you can't live without during the holidays?
Comments
I am definitely going to make those cookies soon. They look SO good!
Love how your tree turned out! I think it looks pretty good for being a fake one
Also, I always have to have an annual gingerbread house decorating party! It used to be a cookie decorating party but then i found out about my gluten intolerance and I didn't want to decorate cookies i couldn't eat, so it segued into a gingerbread decorating party!
Those cookies look amazing. Your tree looks great!
The last couple of years I have watched Love Actually in December and it always puts me in the holiday spirit! I think I need to watch it soon.
We have a plastic tree, too - it's actually something I'm used to, because the NM air is too dry for real trees (unless you wait until right before Xmas and water it like crazy). So we always had a fake one growing up. We did a real one in College and I realized how great that smell is :) But yeah, for now (in a small apartment), plastic it is!