Tis the Season to be Jolly!

This holiday season is upon us and in full force! It seems like it just started and in two weeks it will all be over!! I love this time of year. The lights, the songs, the shows on tv, and all of the festivities happening all around. I enjoy spending extra special times with my family. Last year we were so engrossed in the wedding and honeymoon it barely felt like Christmas. I am embracing every day of this season and loving every minute of it!

The Calfy side of the family got together to start this season off right! We had a wonderful time playing dirty Santa and visiting. The best part was they all got to come to our house! I just loved opening it up to everyone! It seemed like there was enough room for everyone to be comfortable which was a nice change from the old place.  The funniest part of the night was when Tim's dirty Santa gift consisted of a thong and some other "things" and TJ is the one that ended up with that gift! He thought it would be appropriate try it on over his jeans and model it for all to see! It was honestly the most fun Christmas related event we have had together since since my grandparents passed away. It felt like we were all happy for once. I love them all and I wouldn't mind making it a Calfy family tradition to start the Christmas season off with a fun party every year!

TJ and I celebrated our one year anniversary on December 4th! It was a wonderful 1st anniversary. We went to a wonderful bed and breakfast called Echo Canyon. We stayed in a wonderful room with balcony that over looked beautiful woods. We had an AMAZING dinner that included filet mignon, garlic butterfly shrimp, bbq chicken breast, twice baked potato, a wonderful salad that had watermelon, black olives, apples, etc in it, and cheesecake and chocolate moose for dessert! It was insane. The best food we had ever eaten! It was such a fun time, I told TJ we need to do it more often. :) I made a sappy little video with pictures from our first year! Don't feel like you have to watch it. I just did it for us to commemorate our first year!

My mom, sister, and aunt came over this evening to make Christmas treats! It was crazy. We ended up with 10 boxes of goodies to give out or eat for ourselves! It was fun. We tried several receipes from Pintrest. Only one didn't turn out right. There was one receipe that said you could put a peppermint kiss inside a brownie and bake it, then tada! you have peppermint brownies. Yeah, I tried twice and ended up with peppermint kisses stuck to the bottom of the pan! So we cut up the brownies in small bites and called it reindeer poo! lol! We had a fun time and made a TON of treats!

I hope you all are enjoying this sweet time of year with your families and loved ones. Keep focused on the important things and not the material things. The latest and greatest gadget or toy will be tossed aside in a months time, but those specials moments and memories will be with you forever!

Merry Christmas to all!!
Love Leigha