Cleaning!

Yesterday after soccer we had grand plans of cleaning things out.  It didn't happen.  We were cold and the smells of cranberry sauce and Korean short ribs in the crock pot made us lazy.  Christmas movies felt oh so right.

So today we knew we needed to get things done.  Right after soccer we ran over to our appointment with Caring Santa.  Amazing!  

There were even cute crafts for the kids to do and coffee for the adults!

After Santa pics we had lunch at Isabel's choice, Waterloo.  The kids had fun playing in the play structure before we put the hammer down and told them it was cleaning time.

The oven is finally clean!

It's beautiful.  I would have taken a 'before' photo but it was truly disgusting.

I also finally cleaned out the freezer.  A bottle of wine exploded in there about 8 months ago and I had yet to clean it out. Gross, I know.  Today was the day!

It doesn't look like much, but there was an impressive layer of ice down there.

And the study.  My nemesis.

Woohoo!!!!!

Bathroom Remodel and Santa

*I found this in my drafts and decided to publish!  Not sure why it never went through.  Fun memories!


When Jenn got back I put her to work. We refinished the the master bathroom cabinets. They look SO great! I'm really happy with the results. We also decided to purchase new light fixtures and faucets. We had to order the faucets and they won't be in for another few days, but I'm really excited about everything else! We decided to replace the light bulbs with LEDs. I was a little hesitant because LEDs are about $15-20 EACH, but they look great and will save so much in energy costs.

Today we went over to the Hill Country Galleria to see Santa. We got there a little early and walked around a bit. Santa was a little late, but we were about 4th in line, so it wasn't a long wait at all. Santa was very patient and friendly and I felt like he really liked kids and was happy to be Santa! It was a use your own camera thing, which as great. We got a couple of really cute pictures. No tears at all despite it being past lunch time!

After Santa we headed over to Maudie's and had lunch. Jenn declared that she could eat Tex-Mex every single day, so we're doing our best to see if this declaration is true.

The Zilker tree lighting is tonight, so we'll see if we make it over to that. I'm so excited that the Trail of Lights is back. It's been missed and was one of the last memories we have with Vivian, so it's very special to us. Isabel had been once, but they stopped doing it due to budget reasons. :-( We are so excited that it's back! Can't wait to spin under the tree and get dizzy drunk!