Howdy Y'all!

Well hello there! Hope you all had a great Christmas holiday! If you're back to work today, sooo sorry for you for not being able to spend the day relaxing after all that good food! If you had the luxury of not working today (like me!), I hope you're having a fun relaxing day!

We are actually in Texas for the week with our football staff and players for our bowl game. We play the Longhorns this Saturday at the Alamo Bowl! We've been so blessed to be here taking part in the festivities each and every day. Yes, I am still super duper home sick, but I'm also super duper thankful for the opportunity we have of even being here with our football family!

I can't wait to show off my pics to you that I've snapped away of San Antonio! We're actually staying on the Riverwalk, which is just the most adorbs place ever, espeically at night time when the lights are twinkling and the horse carriages are crossing over the bridge! BUT, I don't wanna overwhelm you with a photo dump... not with this beautiful scenery, so I'll try and take it slow!... starting with Christmas!

Christmas Eve, hubs and I found a church right up the street from where we're staying, and attended midnight service. B E A U T I F U L I tell ya!!! They had a German choir there singing Christmas carols in German... so angelic to our ears!

On Christmas day, we had dinner with the entire football family on the Riverwalk, which is where I snapped a pic of Santa coming down on a boat. There is a small river that flows in the middle of shops at the Riverwalk... which is just stunning!

How did you all celebrate Christmas Eve and day?

More to come on Texas this week! Y'all come back now, ya hear??! 

Merry Christmas!

M E R R Y * C H R I S T M A S * B L O G G E T T E S !!!

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CHRISTmas means...
* Giving praise and glory to our Heavenly Father for the birth of his son, Jesus Christ
* Spending this time with family and loved ones as we celebrate a wonderful year together
* Giving back as much as we are able to... to those that are less fortunate, and to those who need uplifting
* Going to church and listening to the kiddos sing their little hearts away
* Caroling and spreading Christmas cheer to others

Muuurrrrrrrrrry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all!

Friday Five

TGIF!!! Last Friday before Christmas, and last weekend to get your last minute shopping doneZO if it's not already done!

Today, I'm saluting to Friday by counting the top five fave things of my week! Cheers to a High Five for Friday with Lauren at From My Grey Desk.

:: one ::
I got some holiday baking accomplished over the weekend, and enjoyed a new recipe of peanut butter truffles!

:: two ::

Our first winter snow called for an early White Christmas as it snowed all day long!

:: three ::
I got to Facetime with my o'hana this week, and spent some good ol' QT with the kiddos... who I have been missing OOBERLY!!! 

:: four ::

Followed one of Rachel Ray's 30-minute meals, and had a superb simple dimple chicken parmesan meal this week (with a glass of white wine, or course!)

:: five ::

Our doggies were going bananas this week with their cray cray poses! Marley couldn't decide which couch to stand on, and Moana mistakened her Papa's foot as a pillow!

What are some of your faves from your week? Link up with Lauren and share em!

Fa la la la la

Jammin to Christmas music and lip singing with my head motioning the high and low ranges has been my THANG lately. Okay... lately for the past month kinda' lately. I LOVE Christmas music!! Nothing takes me back to my childhood like it!

I love how a song can take me back to decorating the tree with my family at my grandma's house

... Or remind me of how we used to go see Santa (who conventiently lived down the street from us) every single year and take pictures sitting on his sleigh

... Or take me back to being an elf helping my Aunts wrap every single gift that came out of the neverending sack in her room, and being "surprised" when she told me I was wrapping my own gift...

That's the gift of music... any kind of music at that, but my fave being Holiday music! My all time fave (as I'm sure goes the same for most of you) is the Mariah Carey Merry Christmas CD! BUT... I must say that my list of faves has grown, thanks to Pandora. I've been listening to Mariah Carey Holiday Radio, which plays a GREAT variety!! My fave artists on that station??...sooo glad you asked!

• John Legend
• Christina Aguilera
• Kelly Clarkson
• Carrie Underwood
• The Eagles
• Brian McKnight
• Stevie Wonder
• Michael Buble
• Martina McBride

Being that I LOVE all types of music (as you can see from the list above)... you must spill!! What artists are your faves for Christmas music? Any suggestions to Pandora Christmas stations?

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