How was your Christmas??

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Hello, my lovelies! How was your Christmas??

We had a beautiful and quiet Christmas this year, with some gifts but mostly with lots of cuddles and wonderful family moments. We had two parties with both sides of Hubby's family with lots of fun, laughter and delicious food. This year I made the "tree" instead of a traditional vegetable tray (thanks, Pinterest :)

It was SO easy to make! The only problem is that nobody wanted to destroy the tree:)

Hubby got me a much wanted gift - a 58 in. tripod!! Thank you, sweetie! I'm so excited to use it for picture taking - no more shaky hands here :) Ironically, I was trying to post a photo of it here and the computer wouldn't load. Blah...

On a good note, we came in $22 under this Christmas. I'm pretty happy with this number and already added it to our 2014 Xmas budget. We will bump it up a little next year because this time I didn't send a package back home (I just took my gifts in the fall when I went to be with my Mom). But I'm  gonna worry about it when the time comes :) Now I'm just counting days until the beginning of the New Year.

So how was your Christmas? The best moments? The worst? Come, share it all!

In a pre-Christmas mood...

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I told you yesterday that I'm finally getting into a Christmas mood. Here's the proof :)

Arent's these two little guys so cute enjoying a moment there :)

Our tree is finally up! It's the first year since we got married that we didn't have it all up in it's beauty the day after Thanksgiving. I couldn't wait any longer!! We spent a few hours yesterday while listening to holiday music on Pandora. You might remember that we have a special tradition in our family that was started by Hubby's uncle. He used to be one of the artists for Hallmark before retiring and every year he would send my husband and each of his siblings an ornament (many of which were created by him). By the time we met, my man had a huge box of fun and special ornaments to put on our first tree.

We decided to continue with this tradition - we give our boys an ornament that has a special meaning every year. It could be serious or fun. Like this year we got this ornament for one of our kids because it was their first time to go to Disneyland (and also because I have a secret crush on Mater :)

We also added another very special ornament to our tree this Christmas:

My SIL got it for us last Christmas in memory of Hubby's sweet Grandma who passed away in September of 2012. We miss her a lot and it's such a sweet reminder.

I'm glad to be done with decorating! Now it's time to start on Christmas baking... I could really use some sugary treats right now...

Do you have any special holiday traditions in your home?