The holidays may be over, but I feel compelled to do a little holiday recap. It's been so nice to look back at our blog over the years and read about what was going on at that time in our life. I've realized the past few years, I have not done that.
Lacey and I of course did our Christmas trip to Disney. Some of our favorite experiences this visit include the Holiday Dine at Hollywood and Vine, Riding the Tomorrowland Speedway at night with the Christmas Lights, The Christmas Tree Stroll at Disney Springs, and hearing Neil Patrick Harris ( Doogie Howser), narrate the Candlelight Processional. Oh, and the Main event this time of year is Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.
At home we enjoyed taking the dogs to visit Santa and then our night of lights.
Sybie loves the Christmas lights.
I wasn't sure how the Santa visit would go, so I took the girls separately.
I took Sybie on a Friday night and then took Willow the next morning.
We did take both of the girls to a Christmas photo shoot at our local pet store.
These backdrops were just the cutest.
We hosted a lot of friends and family over the holiday which was so much fun.
Christmas Day we always wake up at our own home. Scott and I exchange gifts and then our hearts just swell as we watch Sybie and Willow open and play with their new gifts.
Sometimes I think they are just as excited as young children ( and they sure are cute). Afterwards we go meet the rest of my family at my parents' house and exchange gifts and eat lunch. I was able to see Nana for lunch and she was having a good day, which made me happy. We stayed there till evening and then it was time to come home and watch Christmas movies.
In the next few days, we would have more of our family over and our nephews. We had more food and more games! We also played the popcorn game and these flavors were just as interesting; taco, baked potato, hot cheese, etc. I ended up getting lemon pound cake, but I didn't care for it as much as I thought so I gave to to my sister in law.
Friday night we had family and friends over for a game night and to help eat a lot of our food we had leftover from the last few days.
On Saturday ( December 30), we had a birthday party for Pappy. He will be 91 on January 2nd, but since a lot of family has to go back to work on that day, we celebrated on Saturday night. It was so nice celebrating with my family and we are so blessed to have a 91 year old Pappy who still lives by himself, drives himself, shops for himself ( he gives good Christmas gifts), and is still a social butterfly.
Saturday was our last celebration for the season! We had a surprise birthday party for our very special Aunt who turned 83. She was surprised as she walked into the party and saw so many family members there to celebrate her. I am so glad this made her happy! We love you Aunt Sandy!
Whew! I need a vacation from our Christmas vacation. It was a very busy time of year but my heart is full. I am so blessed to share this time with so many family and friends. Thank you for allowing me to document it all here.
I hope 2024 brings more fun times with friends and family and more fun adventures!
Best Wishes for this new year! -M
Your holidays sound lovely and full of family, joy and love. What more could we want. I love that you visit Disney at Christmas, that would be a dream come true and the speedway was one of the rides that we enjoyed the most at Epcot when we went last spring. Seeing your grandparents gave my heart a tug. My own grandma is 92 and such a big part of my life and I am so grateful that she can also come to enjoy special events at our home with us. I get so sad when I think that one day she wont be with us. Also, you have me considering offering pet sessions next year for the holidays. I love dogs and that would be fun, maybe I'll reach out to a local pet shop or our SPCA.
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Oh how fun if you could offer pet sessions for the holidays! People would love that and you would be great at it!
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