getting in the holiday spirit!

So the last few weeks have been fun, not super busy but enough going on. I've had fun decorating my apartment and hanging out with friends. 

I watched the holiday (and had some football on) whole writing my Christmas cards!

Here is my tree - it is cute and the first time I've put my ornaments on a tree not at my parents house!

So the boy had his work Christmas party and he made a Mexmas hat - since the food was all Mexican. He took a sombrero and turned it into a Christmas tree. It was pretty funny and it turns out he is pretty crafty. It made me laugh when before going over one day he was like bring your hot glue gun...

We had a decorating contest at work and I kept mine pretty simple - my coworkers made almost forts out of theirs! I had a little tree and some garland, plus enjoyed making snowflakes! We also had a gingerbread contest. It had to be DC themed and when our plan to make the Washington Monument failed - we went with the Pentagon.


And my friend Susan had the fun idea to do Elf on the Shelf at work with one of our co-workers. It was funny each day to plan different letters and put Jerry in different fun thing. Here was one of the last ones we did! Shane had to create him an ugly sweater for our work Christmas party!

And since I'm going to NJ tomorrow and the boy is headed home to Texas we did Christmas on Thursday.  We cooked a nice breakfast and opened presents. It was fun surprising each other because we each had NO idea what we got each other. I got him a cutting board in the shape of Texas - and I full well know that that will be prominently displayed in our new house. And he loved the wine charms I made him too. He got me this statue of George Washington - which is awesome! And then diamond earrings. I had lost my everyday earrings a few weeks ago and he noticed I wasn't wearing any and so he got me some. It was SO surprised! 

Later that afternoon since it was gorgeous we went to Great Falls and walked around a bit and just took in the 60 degree December weather.  And then we went to check on the progress of the house. I have a feeling the next time I see it there will be walls up! 

Just as gorgeous in winter as the rest of the year!

Looks like we have some walls! 

The basement - the concrete has been poured! Next up -- walls and the roof!

And to add to my holiday baking - I made these Oreo White Chocolate Peppermint cookies - they came out awesome. The only thing I wish I had was the holiday Oreos, I just used regular ones. But still delish! 

So I'm just finishing packing - and I'm off to a holiday party tonight and excited to see a few friends and then tomorrow I'm driving to NJ where I will be until Saturday.

Merry Christmas!