We had a wonderful 4-day Christmas weekend together here in the desert. I think that CAhusband and I were both a little nervous that Christmas wouldn't be quite as special this year since we weren't going to be with any of our family, but we still managed to have a wonderful time.
Our holiday weekend started off on Friday when we headed to Manhattan Beach. We had some friends that were having an engagement party in Palos Verdes, so we decided to make a night of it. We had a great time at their party celebrating their engagement and meeting their family and friends.
The only pic of CAhusband and I at the party is this one I borrowed from my friend, but I wore this emerald green pleated dress from ASOS for their party.
Christmas Eve morning we enjoyed brunch by the beach and walked around the town. It was the perfect little getaway that helped make our first Christmas alone a little more special.
On Christmas Eve we went to the early family service at church, then stopped by some friends for a glass of wine before coming home to a yummy dinner of filet and twice baked potatoes.
Although I will always miss having a white Christmas, one of my favorite Christmas moments was watching CAhusband outside by the pool and firepit, enjoying some eggnog, and playing with the dogs. I really think I could get used to 70 degrees at Christmas with moments like that.
We then finished the night watching The Santa Clause 3 and had a little photo shoot with the dogs by the Christmas tree.
Christmas Day was wonderful and relaxing. Although it was hard not seeing family, it was kind of amazing to stay in our PJ's all day without worrying about leaving the house. We both received some wonderful gifts, and CAhusband definitely spoiled me this year!
Please excuse the scary Christmas morning pics sans make-up!
CAhusband used my blog wishlist for my first 2 gifts, then managed to really surprise me with a Kindle Fire! We'd discussed the I might want to get one since he's going to take the iPad with him for work now that he's traveling a lot, but I never imagined there would be one waiting for me under the tree. I was so pleasantly surprised, and love that we're no longer fighting over our tablet.
We then played with CAhusband's new Keurig, and enjoyed a breakfast of egg casserole, cinnamon rolls, and mimosas! We then finished off our lazy Christmas Day by watching Christmas Vacation and The Help.
Our long Christmas weekend was then complete with a relaxing Monday at home with the dogs. We were pretty lazy all day (again) and then had a great little date night seeing Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol with dinner at Tommy Bahamas. We both really enjoyed the movie, and it was the perfect end to a wonderful weekend together.
Lastly I leave you with some pictures of our tree from this year, which I forgot to share until now!
Every year we fill in our tree a little more, which I love. Next year I hope to add some more bows and new ribbon, but overall, I think it's a pretty perfect tree.
I ordered our 2011 Family Ornament from Coton Colors. It is personalized with all of our names (us + dogs) and the year. I love how it turned out... too cute!
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!
6 comments:
What a wonderful holiday ya'll seemed to have. AND, my fav gift was your TB purse :)
We sure missed you guys, but what a wonderful Christmas you made for yourselves!
What a wonderfully relaxing Christmas!! I know it probably felt very different from Christmases past, but honestly...it sounds pretty fantastic to me ;)
It sounds like you had a fantastic Christmas! I'm pretty jealous that you didn't have to travel over the holidays and got to spend time at home. It looks like you got some amazing gifts and your tree is gorgeous!
It looks like your first Christmas of just the two of you was a special one :) Your husband did a wonderful job spoiling you...I might have mine call him next year, hope that's okay!
Also, we got your Christmas card in the mail when we got back in town today and I LOVE it!!
I love that dress you wore Christmas Eve! So cute and the color looks great on you.
What a great Christmas you had! Hubby did a great job on gifts! How do you like the Kindle Fire?! We spent our Christmas with just the 2 of us since my parents were in IN. I was a little sad at first, but I liked having the quiet time with just us two!
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