Oh my....cannot believe another Christmas has come & gone...crazy how fast it sneaks up on us...seemed even quicker this year with Thank...

Time for the annual walk to see holiday lights!! This time however, a bunch more friends & I decided to try a new place to view the ligh...

Another first for us.... the Nutcracker Ballet - it's honestly amazing the amount of things I have never done or been to before....until...

Ah sickness.  It got the best of K again tonight....but luckily it didn't hit her too bad until shortly after her adorable school ho...

My middle sis, Chelsea...is now officially BACK from her 1yr move to Arkansas - and I honestly could not be happier!!! Since she's back,...

Another 'fun' run under our belts...as Nic & I (along with her friend Stacy & her sis Julie) participated in the " Run ...

Kapri wrote Santa a letter this year, after we got back from the Holiday Train - she was so excited to actually WRITE him a LETTER... cannot...

Today we surprised K with a little outing. I swear, almost everything we do with her is surprise...for 3 reasons - 1. if we tell her in adva...

I am seriously so glad that Groupon & LivingSocial exist....because I honestly don't know how much money those sites have SAVED me!!...

On my birthday, our yearly tradition is to get the house decorated for Christmas...since Dec. is the next day. I just love decorating! ...

So James & I didn't go to bed until close to 2am...and Kapri was definitely awake til at least 11pm... she was obviously SO excited....

I am NEVER wrapping all of *Santa's* gifts last minute again... no idea why I thought that was a good idea to begin with!! With all the ...

Wow - it recently occurred to me just how much of my time is spent in the kitchen....especially during the holidays...it's fun & tir...