It seems that the time has flown by and Christmas is upon us. It has been a busy season thus far, but I am enjoying it. We spent Thanksgiving in South Pasadena with the O'Neil clan and had a great time. We played extremely hard, did wonderful activities, and ATE a lot. Our times together seem few and far between so we try and soak up as much as possible when we are all together.
The following weekend Chris had finals so I went down with him to see Whit and Ry. They were great hosts and it was fun to see where they live and what they have been doing. After Chris was done with school we all went to Redlands for a holiday dinner party with good friends. It was a whirlwind weekend, but got me in the mood for the holidays.
As soon as I got home I repacked and went with my mom to the Bay Area to visit my grandpaents. It had been a while, so it was really nice to see them. The motivation for the trip was having lunch in the city at Neiman Marcus. When we were kids we would go to the city for shopping, lunch, to see the decorations, and for the company office party. Good memories. Mom, grandma, and I took Bart in to meet one of grandmas friends. We had a such a delightful time. The food was fabulous, and the company even better. It is always so fun to see the enormous tree going up four stories in the middle of the restaurant. We of course did some shopping and enjoyed a girls day out. We help decorate grandmas house a little more, and worked on getting organized for Christmas.
Not the best photo, but fun to be out with the girls
Now that Chris has a month off of school he has been very gracious to help decorate the nursery. We've been working on making decisions for furniture, bedding, paint colors, etc. It is all coming up so quickly.
My good husband painting the nursery
I'm struggling to get my shopping done, and am having a hard time accepting the fact that Christmas is one week away. We had some good snow this week which makes it seem very festive. I'm just really looking forward to being with all my family for the holiday. I hope you are enjoying the season, and you are done with your shopping. Things seem less stressful when it is all done.
6 comments:
It's sad that I have to read your blog to find out what you have been up to...I am officially too busy if it has come to that! The nursery is looking great! I'm starting to get stressed-we haven't started ours yet.
Cute pregnant belly!!!
My mom and I always have lunch at the Rotunda when we are in San Francisco. I come from a long line of Neiman Marcus shoppers!
We will miss you at Christmas!
Yes! I love it.
How fun. Doing the nursery is the one of the best parts. Not that you'll care at 3am. :) Post pics of the finished product.
How fun to see you pregnant!!! Post more pictures...PLEASE! I'm glad that Chris' painting outfit offers more modesty than mine did:)
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