I cannot believe how quickly last week flew by. We had parent-teacher conferences on Monday and Tuesday which went remarkably well. To be honest, I was a little nervous about the potential of having to hold conferences completely in Spanish. As it turned out, I only had to have one Spanish conference, the rest were in English. All were enjoyable. We had Wednesday off, which was even more enjoyable. Dan and I actually had a chance to sit down and sort through some of our wedding photos...5 months later.
We had a nice Thanksgiving too. A lazy morning and then a leisurely drive out to McMinniville (a rural area, filled with wineries and farmland, about an hour outside of Portland). My friend and co-worker Becky invited us to their family gathering at her husband's ranch there. It was a nice little family gathering, but inevitably slightly awkward since it wasn't our family. We enjoyed it though and were grateful for a place to go to celebrate the holiday.
Friday I jumped right onto the holiday bandwagon. I made Christmas cookies...plus a special one that reminds me of home. It's still a Christmas cookie even if the frosting turned out more neon than holiday-ish right?
Saturday I proceeded to make and put up the rest of the holiday décor. Like the boxwood wreath ($9.99 at Trader Joe's!). I jammed some fake berries in there to make it a bit more colorful.
I also made this Pinterest find for the bookshelf in the living room. I purchased some wooden (and cardboard) letters from Michaels and painted them with metallic paints. I made the "O" out of the same fake berry garland that I used in the wreath. It was on sale...don't judge me.
And I'm mildly embarrassed to admit this last creation. I am officially a "crazy cat lady" because I made the cat a freakin' stocking. Yep. Not only does our cat now have her own stocking, but I put in the time and creative energy to hand sew the darn thing. But come on, it's cute, right?
I think it looks pretty good with our stockings too. Disregard our strange Christmas Aloe...still deciding if we're going to get an actual tree or not.
