These are a few of my FAVORITE things...

Last night was our Annual Bunco Progressive Dinner!  This is by far one of my MOST FAVORITE things I do during the Holidays.  I have been a part of this group of wonderful ladies since the group originated in 2005 (I think).  During our December gathering, we go to 3 different houses to enjoy appetizers / salads, a main course, and desserts...oh, and we play Dirty Santa!  This year got extra Dirty...which I love :)  I actually came home with the gift I brought...I bought it, so you know that I loved it already :)  Thanks to my lovely Bunco girls for a wonderful night!  I'm blessed to have you ALL in my life!

Group Shot

My fabulous Dirty Santa gift

Which, I can't wait to put a picture of these 2 in it with these adorable shirts my Buddy, Amelia, made!

Naughty & Nice

Here is a fun gift that I had made for my Dad!

"Great Dad's get Promoted to Grandpa"

....and a mustache to match Papa!

Shhhhh...don't tell him!

Our Canvas for above the bed finally came in.

I LOVE IT!

I'm glad I went with a canvas because I feel like I already have so many large framed pictures around the house...this was a good change up!

Finally, yesterday before scurrying out of the house to my Progressive Dinner, I jotted down a quick note on Chloe's dry erase board--

Well, Blake told me that when Chloe saw it she said:

"We can never erase this because it is the nicest thing Momma has ever done...."

I'm not sure how to take that (cause I hope she thinks I do other nice things for her)...but, I do appreciate that she liked the note and said she never wanted it erased :)

What I'm Lovin' Wednesday!

It's Wednesday the 21st, which means we are only 4 short days away from Christmas!

Here's what I'm Lovin' today....

I'm Lovin' that fact that I'm gettin' caught up on life...one of the things to do--

catch up my BLOG!

I'm Lovin' the Adventures of Charlie the Elf!

Sippin' the syrup in the fridge!

Takin' a ride on a Christmas Reindeer!

I'm Lovin' the sweet Christmas Tree shirt Grandy made for Chloe!  So sweet!

I'm Lovin' Clarksville Academy's Christmas Program!

Last Friday, Blake & I took the day off to spend with Chloe.  

She had her Christmas Program in the morning (so sweet), we ate lunch at Olive Garden (her choice), and went to see Alvin and the Chipmunks.

It was a great day with our girl! :) 

Friday night, I headed to Swirlz for a night with the girls!  We had so much fun!  The painting was SO festive! Thanks to Casey & Amanda for a fun night out!

Thankfully, the canvas was pretraced...not sure I could have made it look as good as I did if it wasn't already drawn for me! :)

Before: 

After:

Me & my masterpiece

I'm Lovin' visits with Santa.  This past Saturday, Chloe came with me to our Annual Junior Auxiliary Gingerbread Party.  Every year, Junior Auxiliary adopts several families from the community.  We provide Santa gifts and food for Christmas!  It is a wonderful event...I'm thankful that she was with me to experience it!   While there, she was able to share with Santa (one more time) what she wants for Christmas!

Sweet Austin wasn't to keen on Santa...I'm Lovin' this photo!

What are you Lovin'?

Link up with Jamie!

Christmas Fun

Christmas on the Cumberland

This is something we love to do every year.  Chloe had already been with KK a few weeks ago, but we wanted to experience it as a family as well!  It was a brutally cold night, but we got some hot chocolate and enjoyed ourselves!  Afterwards, we went to a house that 'blinks' Christmas lights to music on a pre-set station!  It was a fun Christmas-y night!

She was rocking a scarf...and pretty excited about it!

 

 This past weekend we also visited with Santa!

By the way, Governor's Square has a pretty legit Santa this year...real beard, belly & all!

Chloe's visit = Success

Carter's visit = Fail

(there's always next year!)

This coming weekend, we have lots of Christmas activities planned!

Pretty excited!  Sad that this is our last weekend before the big day though...it creeped up on us, didn't it?