Hey Everyone! Wow, it's been quite a while since I visited my blog! (About a week and a half! Ouch!) You know how it goes: the holidays sneak up on you, then they're here, and you're scurrying around like crazy trying to get everything done! But, now I'm back!
I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas!
On our drive up Saturday, we stopped by my Mom's side of the family's Christmas Party! We were starting to get another winter storm so my parents and grandparents actually stayed home. Eliot and I stopped to get the presents since it was on our way home anyways. My Aunt Sherrie graciously fed us while we were there. (Yum!) And we did get to visit with a few of my relatives before we had to leave.
While we were there, we gave my little cousin Emery (our ringbearer) one of his gifts. He loves Jake and the Neverland Pirates, especially Captain Hook. Eliot and I found him a Captain Hook ornament! He was so excited! He tried to stuff it in his pocket, which was hilarious. (I wish I'd video taped it!) Eventually, Captain Hook made it onto the tree!
Sunday and Monday, "Downeast" Maine got a major ice storm and we were basically stuck inside both days. We had plenty of food and a wood stove if necessary, so there was no reason to go out in the storm. The rain froze on contact and everything was covered in ice. The tree branches bent over and a lot of trees fell over onto the power lines. We lost power a few times during the storm. During one outage, we started to get a little bored staring into the darkness. To liven things up, I had Eeyore wave around a flashlight "light saber" for a few minutes.
Monday I decided that I better finish up my Christmas presents just in case we completely lost power. I had planned to make a wreath for Mom and Dad as well as Nana and Papa. It was my first attempt at making a wire mesh wreath, but they came out pretty good! I really love how Mom and Dad's Chip and Dale Candy Cane Wreath turned out! (Now I need to make one for Eliot and me!) Later that night, Dad drove us into town so we could have dinner and visit with Katie.
On Tuesday, Christmas Eve Day, Eliot and I decided that we were going to finally go see Frozen. (We had wanted to Monday, but the ice storm spoiled those plans.) My brother Jeremy still hadn't seen it so he came with us too. I even wore my new Elsa t-shirt, my snowflake earrings and the snowflake hair clips that I made!
We ended up getting to the theater just in time for the 3D show! It was so amazing. I'm bummed out that it took us so long to see it! The music was incredible. I'm still humming "Let It Go" over and over in my head. The animation was also superb! I want an ice palace like the one Elsa made! And I'd love to live in Arendelle. And I want a dress like Anna's coronation dress... and Elsa's ice dress. And Olaf was hilarious! And how cute were baby Sven and Kristoff? It was so great; I wanna go again!
While watching the movie, I even saw a few of the hidden Easter Eggs! They were really quick, but I did catch Rapunzel as well as the chocolates from Wreck it Ralph. I pointed them out really quick, but the guys both missed what I was pointing at. (I think Eliot was too busy trying to pet baby Sven in 3D.) I was so entranced by the movie that I totally forgot to look for Mickey Mouse! Maybe next time!
Photos from Disney's Frozen. |
After seeing Frozen, we did a few last minute Christmas errands. I took a lot of picture of the ice from the storm. Check out how much ice is on those trees! It's like Elsa made her return! I'm a total dork and I also took a picture of Eeyore in the snow (ice) making snow donkeys.
We spent Christmas Eve hanging out in the living room. Mom and Dad finally kicked us out around 11:00 so Santa would come. We made sure to "hang" our stockings up first! I even found a small one for Eeyore! (Jeremy also bought me a small Bumble one!)
Christmas morning we came down to many presents from Santa! We all opened our stockings and took turns with opening presents. I'm so excited! Santa brought me the tabletop easel that I really wanted. I also got the silk paint set that I've been looking at for about 2 years! (Stay tuned for lots of crafty stuff!) Jeremy got Eliot and me a ton of Disney Infinity figures. (Now I just need to learn how to play Infinity!) And Mom and Dad got me the Minnie Mouse Build-A-Bear that I'd asked for. She has pink and lime pajamas for our wedding colors!!!
We also got Eeyore a few "gifts". Ok, they're actually Build-A-Bear items, but they'll work for Eeyore and for our family's ever growing BAB collection. I had gotten him a Santa hat to wear for Christmas, and we thought it was time he have a hockey stick and puck to go with his Sharks jersey. We also found a Red Sox hat and shirt, some sunglasses and a basketball and hoop. Jeremy even bought him a Patriots outfit! (And it actually fits! Dad squeezed him into the pants. See photos above!)
Of course, no Christmas Day is complete without the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade! This year was even the 30th anniversary of the parade. (I'm 29, so it's been on television as long as I can remember!) Unfortunately, our cable was not working correctly due to the ice storm. We missed the first hour and when the second hour started, it fuzzed in and out the remainder of the parade.
This is the first time that I've ever missed the parade Christmas morning. However, I was really thankful that we had power to begin with. A lot of people in the area didn't even have that for Christmas. Plus, Eliot and I were DVR-ing the parade back at our house... so I could watch it when we got home anyways! (On a side note, some of the people without power still won't get power until this Wednesday! It'll have been out for a week and half! Yikes!!!)
Christmas afternoon we ended up watching our Disney Wedding DVD with my family. None of my grandparents had seen the DVD yet, and neither had my Dad and brother. Even Mom had only seen bits and pieces of it. It was a lot of fun to re-live the memories with all of them together. We really did have an incredible wedding at Disney!
Around 2:00, we ended up losing our power. We had literally stopped the Wedding DVD about 5 minutes prior. After a few hours, it was apparent that it wasn't going to turn back on anytime soon, so Eliot, Jeremy and I packed up our stuff before it got too dark out. When Eliot and I left Mom and Dad's house, they still didn't have power. Luckily, they called us about an hour after we left to say that it had turned back on! Once Eliot and I got home, we unpacked the car and watched the part of the parade that we missed!
We had a great Christmas and are incredibly thankful to have spent some time with family and friends! Now we're shifting our focus to New Year's Eve and going to Walt Disney World for the Half Marathon! It's going to be another few busy weeks! °o°