ponchos, blazers and spikes: Hers and His

There is nothing I love more than a big cozy, oversized sweater! They are the best! In the winter, sometimes I care about comfort rather than being cute, and so when I saw this sweater, I knew I had to get it!  It makes me want to bundle up next to the fire and read a good book!

Poncho: Sparrow at Anthropologie | Pants: Citizens of Humanity  | Boots: Hunter, Bracelets |  NikkiLorraine, and Tj Maxx (something similar) |  Sunnies: Prada 

Jake always does a great job putting outfits together. I love him in a blazer! I think guys in general in blazers look great! They are so nice to dress down or up depending on the occasion! I also love pants rolled up a little bit and seeing some cute ankle. I guess its not the best for winter dress in snow, but it sure is handsome!

                          Blazer: H&M (recently), Shirt: American Apparel, Pants: All Saints Spitalfields, Shoes: Nordstrom

Christmas Brunch and Dinner

I love Christmas, and especially the Food on Christmas Day! I was so excited to have Jakes family over and cook for them! After the day was over, I thought it was funny I picked things I had never made before, but I am glad all the food turned out delicious! Jakes family is troopers and will always eat whatever I make for them :)

Jake helping with Breakfast! He made the Frech Toast! 

We made French Toast from Great Harvest Cinnamon Pull Apart bread, and oh wow....it was divine! The cinnamon chunks camelized, and with whip cream and strawberries, it was perfection!

 Bacon and Sausage!

I really like doing meals buffet style. I feel its easier to get your food, and for someone to go get seconds. Its also fun to see what food options you have to eat! I also like that it makes it less crowed on the eating table! (we have a small table though)

For dinner, we did a Honey Baked Ham, (my favorite! The meat is so tender and delicious! A Christmas meat must!) green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn and rolls! For dessert we had pumpkin pie.

I am not going to lie, I was so proud how everything turned out! It was my first time making a big meal with lots of sides on my own! Jakes mom was so sweet and helpful and did all the potatoes and all the dishes! She is amazing! Jake was also super helpful! He is always willing to lend a hand and help with whatever needs to be done! I had such a great Christmas this year! I am sad it came and went so fast. Way to fast actually. I am excited for this coming year though. There is much to look forward to :)

Christmas Morning

Wow, Christmas was one exciting day! I woke up so fast when I thought of stockings.  I knew Jake had worked so hard on making me the perfect stocking, I was so excited to see it! He is always so sweet and thoughtful.

Jake and Tuna opening their stockings! Jakes bedhead is awesome :)

My stocking!  I LOVED everything in it! Tons of my favorite things! A crayola party set, Lego, Hello Kitty, Unicorns, treats, a new 3ds game, oh I was in heaven! I felt I didn't even need presents after an amazing stocking! After looking at all this fun stuff, Jake and I started on breakfast. Jakes family was coming over for christmas, so we wanted it to be special and fun. When Jakes family got to our home, we ate, and then headed over to the tree.

Jake got me a XL PINK Nintendo 3DS! Ah wahoo! I have been playing it non stop! I LOVE IT!!! I have a regular size 3DS, and the XL is AMAZING! I have been playing all my video games over again because its a whole new experience with a bigger screen!

It was a fantastic Christmas! I feel we made out like bandits :) We loved having Jakes family over and spending time with them. We hope to have them over again another Christmas! We had fun watching shows, eating, playing games, calling family on facetime, and hanging out together. Facetime is really amazing. I loved being able to see all my siblings and parents faces on Christmas day. This was my first Christmas not being in AZ with my fam, and seeing my family on facetime made me feel like I was right at home :)

Jake and Perry putting together Jakes new camera tripod! What a fantastic Christmas.

Christmas Eve: Brunch, Build a Bear.......and more!

Christmas Eve was quite the marathon day. It started at 7am, when Jake and I woke up to go to Honey Baked Ham to pick up the Christmas ham for dinner the next day. Then we drove to Salt Lake to go to The Grand America Hotel, for Christmas Eve Bruch with Jakes family. It was really fun! Jake and I are big fans of The Grand America, and even more fans of the food! Dont even get me started on the amazingness of their Sunday Brunch!

Breakfast was wonderful! I couldn't stop eating bacon, and omelets! OHHH YUM! They make your omelets to order and they are sooo delicious!

Christmas eve is also Wesley's Birthday! He turned 21! Jake and I got him some movies!

At The Grand, there were some fun Christmas Activities to do! You could fill out a passport with Merry Christmas sayings around the hotel, and get a cookie from the bakery at the end.

Playing in the toy store.

Giant Gingerbread House!

After, Jake, his mom, Cameron, and I headed to the mall to go to Build a Bear. How I love this place! We went to go make the Christmas animals, and they were all sold out! We were all so sad! Now I know next year, I have to go in November, or else all the Christmas animals will be gone! Luckily they had one Gingerbread Hello Kitty in the back that was missing a bow. I still wanted her, so thats what I made at Build a Bear!

When we came out of the mall, it was super snowy! I was loving it, and was so excited to have a white christmas!

Tuna was happy about the snow to.

After the mall, we came over to Jakes parents house. We watched The Avengers, and then celebrated Wesley's 21st birthday!

Wesley opening a dog Susan and Cameron made him earlier in the day! Wesley loved him!

Every Christmas Eve, Jakes family eats a "Jerusalem Dinner.' It was fun. It was a lovely, quite Christmas eve. After dinner, we all played some games till it was getting late.

When Jake and I got home, we opened our Christmas PJ's. I dont know why we look, so surprised ..we already knew what was wrapped inside the presents :)  In November, Jake and I actually had both purchased a set of the same PJ's at the Disney Store for each other and had no idea, the other had bought them.  We ended up having to take a set back so we only had 2 of the same pjs instead of 4.

We then put on our PJ's, took some silly pictures by the fire, and fell asleep watching Christmas movies.