Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great holiday. I can’t believe it’s over! I had a hard time pulling out the computer this morning, I wanted to keep it feeling like the holidays. Sadly, my dad just headed to work and my brother, sister-in-law and Molly are about to head back to Chicago!
Today I wanted to re-cap my Christmas celebrations, but I realized I really only too pictures of Molly… So we’re going to re-cap Molly’s second Christmas, since I did the same last year for her first!
Molly arrived before I did, so she came to pick me up from the airport on Sunday! She was exhausted though from a restless night, so she slept most of the way back home.
She loved being in our house because there were always people to pay attention to her! No matter how ridiculous she looked…
She also loved all the windows, and the yard! She’s a great watch-dog (emphasis on watch, not guard. She just likes to watch…) and this was her special spot to keep an eye out for squirrels.
Christmas Eve included some fun time with my friend’s dogs in our back yard, a nice family dinner at home, and then an 11pm Christmas Eve service with my friend and her parents. They’ve let me join in on their yearly tradition of driving around to see lights and then going to the service, I love it!
On Christmas Day, Molly wanted to be festive so she wore a handkerchief! She also wore a jingle bell, but it ended up being a bit scarier than anticipated…
Molly made a new friend Christmas morning, a wooden dog named Chief! She didn’t stay interested for long… Chief didn’t want to play.
She did, however, get some great Christmas gifts! One of which she managed to destroy in 5 minutes!
She also stood guard over the buffet table while we were getting dinner ready for our whole family. She thought she camouflaged well.
We hosted dinner my grandparents and one of my uncles’ family at our house for Christmas, including a gift exchange, lottery ticket scratching, and getting to look through some old photos my Grandmother brought over. It was a really great time!
And finally, Molly got me a great present! Okay, my amazing parents got me a great present…
A Vitamix!
I cannot wait to get started making things with it. Sadly it’s heading home today with Molly since I can’t take it on the plane… Guess I’ll have to wait 3 more weeks to use it!
I hope you all had a great Christmas as well, and if you don’t celebrate, then a nice day off!
How was your holiday?
Do you have any holiday traditions? What are they?
OMG, I love dog recaps especially for Christmas celebrations! My dog loved Christmas too… He got SO much attention and treats, I think he is going to be worn out for a week 🙂 So glad you AND Molly had a wonderful day!
Haha I’m sure Molly will sleep the whole way home!
That was such a cute way to recap the holidays! And I agree…I did NOT want to wake up this morning to the holidays being over! But we can still look forward to a New Year celebration! Happy Holidays, Katie!
Happy Holidays to you too, Lindsay!
a Vitamix!? NICE!
Merry Christmas baby
I know, so excited!
It looks like Molly had a great holiday 😉 I’m glad you did, too, hun! Bf and I are jealous of the vitamix haha…we were discussing how long it will be before we can get one last night…enjoy the rest of your time at home!
It was a very unexpected gift! I hope you had a great holiday, Caitlin!
Glad your Christmas was fun and you are feeling better. Debby wants a Vitamix too, thanks for the picture.
I hope you all had a great Christmas too!
So jealous of your vitamix! I asked for one but than realized I needed some running stuff/ work clothes more than a blender.
I’m glad Molly had a great Christmas 🙂
I didn’t even ask for it! They just knew I wanted it but gave up asking! I hope you had a great holiday!
Cute recap! I love reading about people’s dogs…I think 2013 is going to be the year that we get our own dog!
And curious to see what you make with the Vitamix. Great gift.
I hope you do get a dog, they are a lot of work but totally worth it!
holy crap a vitamix! how awesome! Molly looks like she had a blast as well.
I’m pretty excited, and Molly had a great time!
How awesome that you got a Vitamix! That’s awesome. My best friend’s mom got a golden retriever puppy for Christmas, and they named her Molly, too!
My family is nothing if not traditional when it comes to holidays. I think one of my favorite traditions, though, are these frozen fruit cups that my grandma makes every Christmas. I honestly have no idea what’s in them–pieces of fruit, some sort of juice, or possibly combination of juices?–but they’re AMAZING. It’s not Christmas in my family without fruit cups.
Awww how exciting that she got a puppy! Haha and I love the fruit cups, you should ask her how she makes them!
I’m so jealous of your vitamin! What an awesome gift!
Ahhh, so cool that you got a Vitamix! I’m sure it’ll be put to great use. Molly is too cute. Glad you had a nice Christmas.
CUTE way to recap!
YAY for a Vitamix! That rocks, lady <3
Merry Christmas!
I hope you had a great holiday too, Annette!
OOOOh so jealous of your Vitamix… sending you some Windy City Love 🙂
That’s the present of dreams! It will be like Chrismtas all over again in 3 weeks!
Haha exactly!
had a great holiday. I can’t believe it’s already over!!
Love the pictures of Molly! She is so cute! Congrats on your Vitamix!!!