Showing posts with label traditions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label traditions. Show all posts

Monday, November 28, 2011

Thanksgiving+Christmas Decorating+Early Presents= A Lot of Pictures!

How was everyone's Thanksgiving? Mine was superb:) I had dinner with my sis, parents, grandparents, and our friend Jason, then spent that night with them and also my friends Tami and Justin. We had delicious food, which included my 3 favorites, turkey, cheesecake, and pumpkin pie! Here are the pictures I got:
                              The beautiful table setting:) Pumpkin pie and gingerbread men...yum:)(The dates on all these photo's are wrong by the way...)

               Me, Mina, and Grandma decorated these:) My Grandma's Gingerbread recipe is THE BEST!

  My plate of delicious food! Those colored things in my cup are my Grandma's awesome flavored ice cubes!

                                  Off to the backyard to play some Ladder Golf! Me and Jason.


It's a tradition in our family to decorate for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving, so on the 25th, we went and cut down this beautiful tree:

                                             Our lovely tree before we decorated it! Oh, and me:)

                             The tree with just the one set of lights on, and Mina putting on the skirt.

                                                           My precious pup Bing and the lights:)

                                        The finished tree! We ended up using over 600 lights!

                           Our snow village is another Christmas tradition:) Mina did this years town.

So are you ready to hear what me and Mina's early Christmas gift from Jason and Tami is???

                                                                              Kittens!!!

                            Their cat had kittens and we each got one!!! Aren't they adorable?!

                                                  My cat Sugar, she is such a sweetheart!

Mina's cat Lover Boy! He got his name because I discovered he has a patch of fur on his back shaped exactly like a heart!

What a great present!

How have your holidays been? COMMENT and let me know:)

-Marelle<3

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Christmas Time Is Here!

Yay, it's exactly three weeks 'til Christmas! Who has their decorations up? We do! We have a ton of decorations up! Christmas is a really important time at our house, we love spending it with family and friends.

One of the best things about Christmas to me is all the traditions and special events we have during this time of year. I love going caroling with family and friends, it's so fun and peaceful. We go door-to-door in our neighborhood, and if were lucky, we get served treats:) Our home church also has a Secret Santa, which will be starting tomorrow. We all draw a name, and have to make(not buy) a present for the person we get, without telling anyone:) We exchange the gifts at our annual Christmas party. We also have a Puckett-family Christmas party on Christmas eve, where we get to see our mom's side of the famiy and exchange gifts.

One of my favorite Christmas traditions is sitting down with my family and watching Christmas movies, like "It's A Wonderful Life" or "Miracle On 34rth Street" while drinking hot chocolate.

Also, this year I got (drumroll please) THE WHOLE MONTH OF DECEMBER OFF SCHOOL!!! YAY!!! Talk about Christmas vacation:) I love having school off and to be able to do whatever I want:)

Christmas is a really awesome thing, and a great way to remember Jesus Christ.

Merry Christmas!
-Marelle