Saturday, December 24, 2011
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
On our sixth date of Christmas...
we finally used a gift card we'd been hoarding to PF Changs!
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Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas is to be home with my parents, my husband and our brand new perfectly healthy baby girl.
Can you please get a move on?
Love,
Mandy
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Sunday, December 18, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
December EAT: Sweet Swap
this is my favorite EAT of the year.
not because of all the junk but because of our gift exchange. last year we set a 5 dollar limit but we raised it to 10 this year.
the challenge is to find the absolute best thing you can within the price. love it!

digging in.

melissa. jenae. mike.

brady. jamie. sara.

david and landon. how cute is that?

starting the gift exchange!!!

i forgot to take pics of everyone with their gifts but i snagged a few.
sara and stewart w/a pazooki cookie pan & mix.

dan, lauren and baby girl.
w/flavored hot chocolates, marshmallows and mugs.

tyler and blair.
w/monopoly chocolate edition

jenae and mike.
w/cute picture frame.
other gifts to note:
monopoly & scrabble card game.
penguin's frozen yogurt gift card
flavored hot chocolate set
see last years december EAT here.
not because of all the junk but because of our gift exchange. last year we set a 5 dollar limit but we raised it to 10 this year.
the challenge is to find the absolute best thing you can within the price. love it!

digging in.

melissa. jenae. mike.

brady. jamie. sara.

david and landon. how cute is that?

starting the gift exchange!!!

i forgot to take pics of everyone with their gifts but i snagged a few.
sara and stewart w/a pazooki cookie pan & mix.

dan, lauren and baby girl.
w/flavored hot chocolates, marshmallows and mugs.

tyler and blair.
w/monopoly chocolate edition

jenae and mike.
w/cute picture frame.
other gifts to note:
monopoly & scrabble card game.
penguin's frozen yogurt gift card
flavored hot chocolate set
see last years december EAT here.
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gingerbread houses
to kick off the christmas season we made gingerbread houses with our friends the Lukers after Thanksgiving.
it was the perfect start to the holidays.

house planning.

we introduced the Lukers to the Stephens' way of building gingerbread houses...
yes, we use a glue gun.
it really is the best way to go. and you can actually create the design you envisioned without it taking four hours to construct.

decorating.


the Lukers house.

our house.
it was the perfect start to the holidays.

house planning.

we introduced the Lukers to the Stephens' way of building gingerbread houses...
yes, we use a glue gun.
it really is the best way to go. and you can actually create the design you envisioned without it taking four hours to construct.

decorating.


the Lukers house.

our house.
Posted by Mandy Stephens at 10:27 AM 0 comments
On our fourth date of Christmas....
we visited Historic Christmas Tree Lane.
the history behind this place is probably the best part.
it was not exactly what we were expecting. we both imagined seeing something more along these lines. so at first we were disappointed. but then we decided to appreciate the simplicity of it all.
after all, christmas isn't about the big and shiny, but about the simplistic yet miraculous birth of our savior, Jesus Christ.

the history behind this place is probably the best part.
it was not exactly what we were expecting. we both imagined seeing something more along these lines. so at first we were disappointed. but then we decided to appreciate the simplicity of it all.
after all, christmas isn't about the big and shiny, but about the simplistic yet miraculous birth of our savior, Jesus Christ.

Posted by Mandy Stephens at 10:05 AM 1 comments
On our third date of Christmas...
we made a yummy dinner together.
london broil.
mashed potatoes.
corn.
carrots.
green salad.
we played Monopoly deal. {seriously love this game and i hate monopoly}.
we drank hot cocoa and snuggled on the couch.
perfect.
london broil.
mashed potatoes.
corn.
carrots.
green salad.
we played Monopoly deal. {seriously love this game and i hate monopoly}.
we drank hot cocoa and snuggled on the couch.
perfect.
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Sunday, December 11, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
On our first date of Christmas...
we shared a milk shake @ the pharmacy.
christmas is going to be a little different this year.
actually, a lot different.
we're staying in Cali.
no snow. no mittens. no scraping our car windows.
my parents are coming.
we will most likely have a baby!
no recreating our first date.
no family fights while playing cranium or any game really.
no niece and nephews to snuggle and wrestle with.
but we've learned that it doesn't matter where we are.
we are still making it feel like christmas.
and we're loving it.
since these are our last few weeks as just the two of us we are going on the 12 dates of christmas.

we love coming here @ Christmas.

coke tree.

{36, almost 37 weeks}

mmmm. cinnamon milkshake.
actually, a lot different.
we're staying in Cali.
no snow. no mittens. no scraping our car windows.
my parents are coming.
we will most likely have a baby!
no recreating our first date.
no family fights while playing cranium or any game really.
no niece and nephews to snuggle and wrestle with.
but we've learned that it doesn't matter where we are.
we are still making it feel like christmas.
and we're loving it.
since these are our last few weeks as just the two of us we are going on the 12 dates of christmas.

we love coming here @ Christmas.

coke tree.

{36, almost 37 weeks}

mmmm. cinnamon milkshake.
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