Quote of the Week.

Feliz Navidad.

My poor dad got shafted from all his family traditions when he married my mom.
Mostly cause all his family is far away in a different state.
So this year we decided to do Christmas a little different- Mexican style.
Growing up my dad would have a huge Mexican food feast. Mass afterwords. Then open presents at midnight. Sometimes they would even go into Tijuana to celebrate.
So we did just that.
Minus the Tijuana part though, cause that's scary stuff.
And we didn't go to mass either. Thought about it, but those Mexicans take Mass seriously.
Especially on Chritmas Eve.

Homemade flautas, guac, beans and rice? Yes please! My absolute favorite.

Notice the colors in the jello...
Red, green and white.
Christmas colors? Nope.
Supportin' the colors of the Mexican flag.

Traditional Mexican poinsettias.

Opening up presents at midnight I think was the best part.
Didn't have to wake up early in the morning.
And I'll take any second of sleep I can get.

Feliz Navidad and Merry Christmas!

Christmas Ugliness.

Thursday last week we had our annual Ugly Christmas sweater party.
The room was filled with heinous sweaters, yummy food, white elephant gifts and lotsa laughter.
Just my kinda night.

Aren't they just the cutest?

Weekend Goodness.

{friday} Got off work kinda early. Love it when that happens. Headed over to Walmart to check out the scrub section. Decided I refuse to spend 15 dollars on a top I don't even want to wear in the first place. Got home and fell into a coma. By the time I woke up it was 7:00 and I had no idea what the heck was going on. Slaved over a wedding book I'm doing for my friends while listening to Christmas music. This song came up and the cover made me giggle. Good ol' JT and his bleached curly hair. Gotta love the 90's.

{saturday} Work party at 11:00. We had dry baked potatoes and moldy salald for breakfast. Yum? Played bingo and felt like a kid again. Even after all these years I still never win. I did however go home with a picture frame that says Grandma on it. So that's a keeper. After the party I finished up my Chrismtas shopping for reals this time. I might have gotten some things for myself... Okay, okay I did. But who can pass up a DVD with all of the Disney short films on it, a cute cheap t-shirt and 5 bucks for Baby Mama? Uh duh. No one. Then once again finished the night away slaving over this wedding book.

{sunday} Woke up at the butt crack of dawn and went to the singles ward. Whoever thought of 9:00 church must not know the value of sleeping in. Sacrament meeting was a Christmas program. Loved every second of it. No Christmas season is complete without a Christmas program. Took a four hour nap. Yes, four. One word- phenomenal. Worked on Christmas gifts. Padre's birthday dinner. And finished the night watching Kourtney and Kim take NY. Also got talked into watching Gossip Girl. Heaven help me.

Quote of the Week.

The Pit and the Peak.

{the pit} This cold weather has got to go. It's killin' me. I would take 100 degree weather over this weather any day.

{the peak} Guess who's done with school till January 9th. ME! Thank heavens too cause I was starting to feel overwhelmed. Plus any day without math is a good day.

Also, this made me giggle...

My favorite part of the whole poster?
The pink tamp she added.
She's only seven and probably had no idea what in the world it was, just that it was pink.
I like it though, it gives the poster a nice touch.

Weekend Goodness.

{friday} Went Christmas shopping after work. Got all my shopping done in one night. Go me! Sister gets a cardigan and jewelry. Brother gets food giftcards- he's a poor college student. Movie theater giftcard and goodies for Padre. Cute top for Madre. Yummy treats for co-workers. Hung out with my daddy for the rest of the night.

{saturday} Woke up early to study some math. Baptism in Clearfield and goodies at my aunts house after. Changed into some comfortable clothes, and decorated the tree for our family room. Later watched The Help. Amazing movie by the way. And ended the night with some peach ice cream with bananas on top.

{sunday} Church at the parent's ward. Three hour nap. It was blissful. Studied a little bit. Went and had some cake and ice cream at my aunts to celebrate my cousins birthday. Tried to study some more. Keyword tried. Fantisized what it would be like to live as New York's social elite with Mike. Watched Kourtney and Kim take New York. Fantisized some more about living in the Big Apple. Ps- I hate that giant Kris Humphries. Thought about studying, but decided sleep was far more of a bigger priority. Please bless I pass my biology final.

Quote of the Week.

She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not.

She Loves Me Not...

Check out what I have to wear to work. Every. Single. Day. New job? Nope. Working at dentist office? Not quite. Doctors office? No. My boss decided to go Nazi on us and make us all wear scrub tops. With jeans. This is seriously cramping my style.

Only in a singles ward do they send emails out every week "highlighting" someone. And if you find them interesting enough you can ask them out. And hey, you even know their favorite color and what they like to do. Creeper material if you ask me.

Finals week. Dun dun dun. I dread this time of year so so much. Thank the heavens it only comes twice a year. Urban Dictionary about sums it all up.

She Loves Me...

Christmas Cadbury eggs. Heaven in a little blue bag. These things are so dang addicting. It's bad. Whoever decided that Cadbury eggs around Easter time just wasn't enough was a genius.

Recess. Sister, Sister. Doug. Boy Meets World. Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Full House. Saved By the Bell. All oldies but goodies. TV shows just aren't the same anymore. Don't get me wrong, I love my trashy, dramatic Kardashians and Housewives. But nothing tops old school TV shows.

Quote of the Week.

It's Christmas.

Don't get me wrong, fall is my favorite time of year.
But Christmas time tops it all.
One of my favorite parts?
The traditions.

Festival of Tress with my mom and sister.

Don't tell me this tree isn't AMAZING.

Gingerbread houses from all my favorite movies.