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Going All Out

I believe we have found the cat-dog of UPS trucks :) 

I think they pull the big guns out come Christmas time, there has
been one knock on the door after the other around here!


I made a tree skirt with my friend this Tuesday, and noticed a little theme with our tree --pearls! It's on the skirt I made, and the star :) 



We had tons of cheesecake filling left over from our Nacho Libre party, (Austin found a recipe with 32oz of cream cheese.... I'll let you do the guessing on how much filling we ended up having.) so I couldn't help myself. I made two more gluten free cheesecakes haha! 

For the recipe, click .:here:. Look under Gluten Free!



The fish (aka our fake childrens) felt a little left out so I window-markered
their tank and stuck a window-sticky snowflake too. They keep trying
to eat the window decorations... poor guys. 

The rest of the apartment got decked out as well! (Thank you Dollar Tree haha!)
Also, the Carmen side of my family has these knitted stockings Grandma Carmen made
while she was alive. They were for all the grandchildren, and my mother-in-law found a website that 
could make me one just like all the other Carmen grand-kids. It was pretty awesome to hang it next to Austin's this year :)

Last but not least, the break is really getting to me and Austin.... we spent last night
lounging and watching Boston Terrier youtube videos. I tell you what... We really wanted one, 
and now we reaaaallly want one after seeing this video. (We can't wait to move!)



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