Man, the
holidays sure are a busy time! I feel like I haven’t blogged in a month! Aaron and I celebrated our first Christmas as
a married couple this year which was very exciting for us! The first celebration of the season I
attended by myself. My roommate in
Charlotte (and one of my best friends) was having a Tacky Christmas Party the
weekend of the 17th and Aaron wanted to get as much lab work done he
could before taking off for almost a week.
I got lucky because one of my other best friends was graduating from
Physical Therapy school that weekend too so I was able to celebrate with her as
well! I got to see all of my best
friends that live in North Carolina one last time before I start grad school! Exciting weekend all around!
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| Me with one of my besties Sammy getting tacky! |
Once I got back it was time to get
to work to get ready for Christmas. I
have a tendency to procrastinate so I needed to do a lot of wrapping and
cooking. I decided to make Southern
Living’s recipe for Caramelized Onion-Bacon Jam for gifts. The recipe makes 5 jars and I needed 17. THIS TOOK ALL DAY! And it was delicious but
let me tell you, the smell…our apartment smelled like onions for a week!
We packed up and headed to Charleston on Thursday just in
time for my grandma’s annual cookie day.
Each year family travels far and wide to gather at my grandma’s house to
help her with her Christmas cookie baking and in return they get to take some
home with them! It is a special day
because family she doesn’t get to see very much come to help so they get to
catch up and she doesn’t have to do her baking alone! Aaron and I got to attend this year so that
was a fun day catching up! Friday
morning we had breakfast with another one of my best friends from Charleston
and that evening we had a little Christmas party with my dad’s sister and my
uncle. Munchies that only get made once
a year show up at this get together such as my aunt’s veggie pizza (she makes
the best) and my dad’s favorite: bacon wrapped scallops!
Christmas Eve was spent at my grandma’s. This is also my grandma and grandpa’s wedding
anniversary and this year they celebrated 59 years of marriage! (May Aaron and I
be so lucky!) Every single person from
that side of the family was there this year which is not easy to
accomplish! People have crazy schedules
over the holidays! It was great to have
everyone under one roof so we definitely took advantage and got some good
pictures with the grandparents! That
night we headed up to some family friends Christmas Eve party and that was a
good time! We got to see some good
friends we do not get to see very often.
Aaron and I got matching Christmas pajamas for that night and spent
Christmas morning with my family and after breakfast headed down to North
Carolina! We had an awesome Christmas dinner with his family and stayed there
until Tuesday! The weather was so nice
down there so it was great to be outside!
We went fishing down at the creek near his house (he caught a fish on
his first cast…) and watched his nephews ride their new four-wheeler! We had an amazing weekend!
Anyone have any great plans for New Year’s? We are going to go to see Rouge One tomorrow
morning and going out to dinner tomorrow night and I grabbed a little bubbly
athe grocery store! New Year’s Day was
when we got engaged two years ago so it’s an extra special time for us! So you over ate over the holidays? “It’s Fine!”
The holidays only come once a year so treat yo’ self!...And get back on
track after the beginning of the year! Until next time…
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