Ferndell the Christmas Tree

Ferndell in all his glory

Commemorating Ornament

Wedding Gift Ornament

Honeymoon Cruise Ornament

Dixie's Graduation & Early December

The first week in December was only the beginning of my craziest month since marriage. December marked the beginning of the end of my busy season at work, Christmas and friends finally being free to hang out before they went home for the holidays.

Dixie finally returned from her Los Angeles adventure a couple days before UT's graduation. I was actually excited to go, but it was really weird sitting through the same graduation that I was in...only 6 months later. I just can't believe how many things have changed in such a short period of time. I got my first job, married Kyle, went to Mexico on our wonderful Honeymoon...the list goes on and on. After the ceremony, we headed out for Dixie's celebratory lunch at an amazing Mexican restaurant on Lamar. 

That night Kyle and I drove down to San Marcos in time for dinner at our favorite restaurant (Italian Garden) before the Sights and Sounds Christmas Festival. We knew that no matter how busy we were, we had to make it down for Sights and Sounds. It was after that same festival last year that Kyle proposed, so missing it this year was not an option. We browsed the kids art exhibit, watched live cultural dances and music on the stage, ate those awesome biscuits, shopped and walked through the live nativity. The whole thing was cheesy...yet so much fun and special.

Belated Turkey Day Recap

Another month has just about come and gone...so what does that mean? Time for about a dozen recap posts. I've decided it's not so much about staying on top of the blog. As long as I continue to post on at least a monthly basis, I'm happy.

Thinking back to a month ago (aka the last time we were all getting ready to stuff ourselves with tons of holiday food)....

Thanksgiving was rather uneventful...and for that I was actually thankful. Last year, I spent the holiday with Kyle and his family in Utah and Idaho. It was an opportunity to meet his grandparents and catch a glance at a couple states that I hadn't ventured to. The trip was fun and I was so glad that I went but it just didn't feel like Thanksgiving. Every year since I was a kid, we would all get up to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade while lunch was cooking. Last year I made it to a tv that had only two channels just in time to see Santa wave as the credits rolled...NOT the same.

Utah

Idaho

This year I decided to attempt to host Thanksgiving in our extremely cozy 650 square foot apartment. Needless to say it was tight. My parents came up to celebrate with us. We all watched the parade while my mom and I continued to bump into each other in the kitchen. We borrowed two chairs from Kyle's theater so that we had enough for everyone without breaking out the Longhorn lawn chairs. The food was amazing and it was nice to spend some low key time with my family. It wasn't quite as big of a production this year, but it was a success none the less.