Merry Mini Christmas

We had a very mini Christmas at our house this past weekend. My brother, Grayson, will be spending Christmas in Colorado this year...so we had an early Christmas celebration for him at our house.

 It was lots of fun with lots of yummy food. See that cake...its Alton Brown's Red Velvet cake recipe...so delish. Those are Chocolate Crackle Cookies in the back. I found the recipe here. They were also yummy and made excellent Christmas gifts for the neighbors.

All of this baking was made possible by our new favorite toy....Merry Christmas to us:) Thanks Dad!!

 Along with the food there was excellent wine...

 And a goodie box of treats for our guest....

 These two were the center of attention the entire night....

 The lab is our nephew, River. Tillie is not so sure what to think of her much younger but way bigger cousin.

 

 For the most part you could tell she wasn't happy with any other furry animals in our house. This is her hiding behind my Mom...avoiding River like the plague. At times though she did warm up...

I hope everyone is enjoying all of the fun Christmas gatherings going on this time of year! We loved having our family over to celebrate!

December Activities

A short post to let you know what we have been up to in December...it's been busy but probably the least stressful holiday season we've ever had. We've enjoyed every minute of it...I think because we finished our shopping in November. Reminder to self...do that every year. Here we are at Talon's office Christmas party...

We've baked SO many delicious goodies this year. This specific day I was baking red and white sugar cookie pinwheels. From the recipe I found here. They are definitely not as hard as they look...just a little time consuming.

We celebrated this big guy turning one...so fun to watch him grow:)

  We've also made several attempts to drag Tils along for the ride where in the end every single time we decide it's best that she stays at home. This is her seating on the console in between the drivers and passenger side seat because she is insane in the car... 

I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season as much as we are!

Year Two.

Tal and I are celebrating 2 years of marriage today:) Well, we've been celebrating all weekend but today is the official day of matrimony. We decided that the best way for us to celebrate would be to do something together. So on Saturday we headed to Atlanta for a day trip. We had so much fun just hanging out together all day...

 In true Woods family form...we made a stop at IKEA while we were there...

Where we loaded up on lots of goodies for the hizzy...

  It was a day of celebration which was an obvious excuse to eat terribly unhealthy food and drink lots of Starbucks....

 Tal's basket of goodies he was semi-surprised with this morning {note: your husband can view all of your instagram photos that you post} which he more than deserves for being such an amazing husband.

Here's to many many more happy years of marriage {like fo-eva}....

Griswolds Please.

So excited to make our house look a little something like this over the weekend (maybe a tad toned down)...
So pumped for Christmas decorations...have a very merry weekend:)

Small Prizes

I hope everyone had a fab weekend. Ours was pretty busy with family and such. I did a lot of cleaning to get ready for Christmas decorations next weekend --- CANNOT WAIT. We celebrated a family birthday on Sunday. I threw together a tiny gift for the birthday girl before we visited. I made a fresh batch of cookies {using the Nestle Toll House recipe on the back of the package} and bundled them in this adorable box....It's a generic gift box. I buy them in large quantities after Christmas every year for super cheap. I added a card with the Happy Birthday message and tied it all together with twine. Simple and sweet.
This would make the perfect gift this Christmas for co-workers and neighbors. So easy and inexpensive!

Out Of Town

Over the weekend, the three of us loaded up the car and headed to Auburn. We had a wedding and a very special birthday to celebrate. Tillie has to sit in my floor board when we take my car. You can imagine how much she loves that. I think the excitement of leaving the house out weighed the fact that she was slightly cramped:)We got to see Tillie's very best canine friend, SPENCER! We had a small tragedy moments after arriving. Our friend, Matt, took a tumble down a set of stairs leaving him with this beauty on the side of his ankle. He is still walking on crutches today. No bueno. We spruced up and headed to the wedding....Myself and the beautiful bride. We visited and ate at the reception...and then in a mad rush not to miss kick off of a very important game {Bama vs LSU} sprinted back to our place of residence for the weekend.After the game was over....we let Kari blow out her 26 birthday candles!
It was a great weekend celebrating lots of special people. Happy Birthday Kari!!

Eight.

Meet our nephew, Creed. He turned 8 over the weekend. Talon and I started dating when Creed was ONE. So hard to believe. We celebrated his big day with a birthday party at a park where we had a pick up baseball game. Grandparents included. His little buddies came to help him celebrate. They were all excelent baseball players.Uncle Tal was the first baseman for the birthday boy.Creed was showered with lots of prizes.Including a new BIKE. Everyone was jealous of his new ride.
It was a great day filled with lots of family and love. Happy 8th Birthday Sweet Creed! We love you SO much!!

The Anatomy of a Yard Sale Trip

This post is mainly just a collection of photos with prices on them but I thought it would be fun to break down my yard sale trip I mentioned here. I hope it brings inspiration to get out there and dig for awesome deals! Without further ado...my Saturday yard sale finds....
So, for a total of 139.75 all of this greatness came home with me:) Get out there and go yard sale'n!!