Christmas 2011

This year we spent Christmas with J's family in Seattle.  We had a lot of down time with the family and it was such a good time.  Christmas morning we got our ugly on and modeled our love of Walmart holiday attire.

J's sister won *hands down* with her lovely sweater with fabric appliques that were stapled on.  Classy.

J's hat was also quite popular

J's Dad, however, got the award for most creative.  He went for the White Trash Walmart look and rocked camo with his sweats and head gear.  It was awesome.

I think we may have started a new tradition of Christmas morning dress up.  It was a good time.  Then we got pretty and went to J's grandmother's house for dinner.

The rest of our time in Seattle flew by.  We had a spa day with the girls and got mani-pedis which was definitely a highlight.  J's parents also surprised us with dinner at Buca di Bepo and had reservations for the chef's table in the kitchen.  I think it was bittersweet being back there because we are unsure of when we will be able to visit again.  Residency is quickly approaching and the likelihood that we'll wind up on the East Coast for the next 5 years. 

Christmas flew by and now we have 3 weeks until our wedding!!  I'm going to try and be good about including more of our wedding details in my blogs and also try and keep it frequent.  I don't know how some people are able to post every day!