Christmas Eve 12-24-14

Today is Christmas Eve!

My dad took our family picture today, so I can't put that up here,

but we attempted to do our own before he came by.

We had my in-laws over for a Christmas Eve Fondue party. It was a great day!

Our little family minus the crazy cat
who didn't want to be in the picture

My sweet, obnoxious, adorable puppy.
I love her SO much and she loves her mommy!

Our evening dinner spread!

Grandpa Johnson with his pretzel cigar!

Our Christmas eve tradition is to open our stockings, watch
A Charlie Brown Christmas and sleep in the living room by the tree.

Getting Ready 12-23-14

We got ready for our fondue Christmas Eve party tonight. I made a pretty centerpiece with burlap and decorations from nature. I had never done a big centerpiece before,

and I actually did pretty well on it!

Precious Moments 12-22-14

Got my yearly ornament from Aunt Pattie in the mail tonight. According to some of my family members I use to look like a Precious Moments doll when I was little with my big brown eyes and blond hair. So, Aunt Pattie sent me this sweet little Precious Moments Angel to hang on our tree.

I love it!

Even Through the Chill 12-20-14

Dad, Dustin and I took a hike on the trails at Pigeon Creek today. It was a chilly day but it was perfect hiking weather.

Sister Date 12-19-14

My sister asked me to go to lunch with her today. So of course
we went to Dusit Thai!

Two Yellow Curry Please!

Progressive Dinner 12-18-14

Some of the ladies of Sneed Eye Associates got together for a progressive dinner tonight. We went to three different houses. One house for salads, another for the main course and the third home for dessert and some Christmas games. It was a very fun evening!

We started at Diane's home, such a beautiful
home decorated so festively!

Our three hosts for the evening! Sally, Diane and Tiffany!

Isn't Sally's Christmas tree
beautiful!?

This is Tiffany, she worked so hard on
her super delicious desserts!

New TV 12-17-14

Dustin ordered this TV on Black Friday. He didn't get it till today. He waited and waited for his new TV, then he got it. He got it out of the box, put it up, and plugged in everything. He turned it on and....

He went back to Wal-Mart and they gave him a replacement. It was very disheartening at first though.

The Grinch 12-16-14

We grabbed a pizza and drove around town looking at Christmas lights tonight.

We saw this set up with the Grinch and thought it was too perfect!

Christmas Frog 12-15-14

I bought this frog for the front porch in the summer. Dustin told me I should take it down for the Christmas season. He said I could keep it up if I made it festive, So, I put a Santa hat on him!! I think he looks cute!

Gingerbread 12-14-14

My mom got together an amazing Gingerbread house making party tonight. We had all the right decorations to make a wonderful little village! We all had such a great time together tonight!

Twelve Days and a Kitty 12-13-14

We had some of our friend over tonight for a Christmas party. We had decided to all dress up as the different gifts from the Twelve Days of Christmas. Since there was only six of us, we all had to pick to randomly out of a hat. It turned out really fun and our costumes were all pretty great.

After everyone left kitty started posing underneath the Christmas tree.....

Office Party 12-12-14

Dr. Marx at Sneed Eye Clinic took all his employees out to dinner at 178 Club tonight. It was a great time seeing everyone out of the office.

We definitely get spoiled and I have great people to work with!

Friends for Life 12-11-14

After a long day of work we had to go grocery shopping tonight.. I didn't really want to do anything tonight. Shopping with my hilarious, sweet husband was nothing like the chore I thought it would be though. We laughed and joked and had the best time. When you have someone who can make mundane chores something fun they are definitely a catch!

Rare Moment 12-09-14

So Dustin is sick tonight and has already gone to bed by this point. I am sitting on the couch and Blue comes up and cuddles on my chest. We don't get along very well most of the time, so this is very rare. I was his only option for attention for tonight so I would have to do.

Half Way There 12-08-14

We put up the tree tonight and then the lights. We plugged in the lights...and only half of them worked. Ugh. So I went to Wal-Mart to get more but by the time I got back it was too

late to finish up. Oh well, tomorrow we will make it all festive.

Dogpatch USA 12-07-14

Dogpatch USA has a new owner and he has opened up Dogpatch USA for the weekend so that people can walk around the old amusement park before he makes changes. The amusement park closed in 1993 and has been decaying slowly as nature took over the grounds.

The rumor is that the new owner is going to make it into artesion marketplace type set up, but he most certainly has his work cut out for him. 

Wavy Branches 12-06-14

Dustin and I took the pups on a cold walk today at the Clysta Willett trails today. We have been there many times but today this bush, without it's leaves, looked very interesting with its wavy branches.

Lunch with the Crew 12-05-14

The eye clinic I work for took us all out to lunch at Ruby Tuesday's in Springfield today. I work with and for some great people!

Fresh Water 12-04-14

Dustin just filled up the animals water bowl. Blue loves to watch the bubbles and drink be the first one to drink from the new water before it gets dog germs all in it.

Cage-Free Love 12-03-14

We opened up this carton of eggs and there was a little tiny heart on in the the packaging. We usually get eggs from our friends, but at the moment the hens are hiding their eggs making them

difficult to find.