25 Days of Christmas Review

Whew! The month of December flew by! Getting in one Christmas thing each day was fun, but it was a lot harder than I thought! Here is my review of the 25 days:

1. Chop down a Christmas tree 

This was so much! I had a blast cutting down our tree and bringing it home to decorate! The only thing that wasn't so much fun: putting it in the stand!

2. Put up other Christmas decorations 

Putting up our other decorations were fun too! It was a fun weekend of decorating our house!

3. Get Christmas candle for the house 

Fun smelling Christmas candle! I actually bought more after this one because it was so nice!

4. Tacky Christmas sweater party 

Tacky Sweater Christmas party was a success! I came in 2nd place in the contest and I think it all had to do with my penguin walk!

5. Drive through Madison, GA and look at the lights 

So this day was kinda a cheat...I played tennis this night in Madison but I did enjoy driving through downtown Madison and seeing all of the Christmas decorations! It was beautiful!

6. Get Starbucks and walk downtown Athens to look at lights 

So this didn't happen because of the above picture! I worked late and then went after work to get my new iPad! It was late when I got home and I didn't feel like going back out!

7. Go Christmas shopping 

Room full of gifts after a successful day of shopping! Liza was wondering what was hers!

8. Holiday Christmas party #1 

Had my first Christmas party with my lovely tennis ladies! We did a dirty Santa and had dinner at Hilltop Grille!

9. Buy wrapping paper and bows --this was a necessity obviously, but no picture!
10. Make Christmas cookies for a Christmas cookie swap 

Made cookies for our office cookie swap! It was so much fun and I definitely hope its an annual event!

11. Build a fire and listen to Christmas music 

I love a good fire!

12. Wrap Christmas presents 

I hate wrapping presents! But I have the best husband who helps me!

13. Holiday parade --The holiday parade was canceled because of the weather :(
14. Ornament Exchange party 

I love a good ornament exchange! My bestie Allison and her sister throw this party ever year and I look forward to it so much! It is a blast!

15. Christmas party #2 

We had Thomas's work party on this day! Everyone drew names and we had a taco bar dinner! It was a lot of fun!

16. Put finishing touches on decorations 

Epsom salt and ornaments in a vase completed our decorations

17. Drive down Milledge Avenue and look at the lights --Another long day at work so this didn't happen!
18. Volunteer at a food kitchen --I didn't get to volunteer at the food bank because my brother graduated on this day so I went to Atlanta
19. Make homemade ornament with the dog's footprints --I didn't get to do this because I played tennis but I did get to meet Santa!

20. Go ice skating--Didn't get to do this either... 
21. McNair Christmas party/Christmas party #3 

On Saturday, we went to Thomas's parents house and spent time with his family for Christmas, then we went to the Tighe's Christmas party

22. Finish wrapping Christmas presents --on Sunday, we went to my grandma's for Christmas...no time to wrap and no pictures!
23. Make goodies to give to neighbors --so I made goodies for the neighbors but did not give them out...OOPS!
24. Build a fire, turn on Christmas music and open a present --Thomas got called in on Christmas eve so it didn't go exactly like planned! I did get to cuddle on the couch with my sweet baby!

my sweet boy!

25. Christmas Day--our tradition on Christmas is to open presents, go to Waffle House for brunch and go to a movie before coming home for Christmas dinner!

We had our annual Waffle House tradition and then we came home to eat a fantastic Christmas dinner! I was so proud of my table and was super excited about my china! I just need napkins now!

Overall, I enjoyed celebrating 25 days of Christmas! It was fun and it definitely put me in the Christmas spirit! The only negative was it was a lot to do one thing every day, especially while working and doing other activities!

Hope you and your families had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Love,
K

25 Days of Christmas

Whew its been a while since I updated. Summertime always seems to go by so fast! And now it is Christmas...one of my favorite times! T is on call this Christmas so my family is coming to spend Christmas with us! I realized that our Charlie Brown tree wasn't going to cut it. We decided to go all out for Christmas this year, which prompted me to want to do a 25 Days of Christmas. When I googled what other people had done, most people had kids and so their stuff included a lot of kid things. I wanted 25 Days that was adult friendly. So here's my list:

1. Chop down a Christmas tree 
2. Put up other Christmas decorations 
3. Get Christmas candle for the house 
4. Tacky Christmas sweater party 
5. Drive through Madison, GA and look at the lights 
6. Get Starbucks and walk downtown Athens to look at lights 
7. Go Christmas shopping 
8. Holiday Christmas party #1 
9. Buy wrapping paper and bows 
10. Make Christmas cookies for a Christmas cookie swap 
11. Build a fire and listen to Christmas music 
12. Wrap Christmas presents 
13. Holiday parade 
14. Ornament Exchange party 
15. Christmas party #2 
16. Put finishing touches on decorations 
17. Drive down Milledge Avenue and look at the lights 
18. Volunteer at a food kitchen 
19. Make homemade ornament with the dog's footprints 
20. Go ice skating 
21. McNair Christmas party/Christmas party #3 
22. Finish wrapping Christmas presents 
23. Make goodies to give to neighbors 
24. Build a fire, turn on Christmas music and open a present 
25. Christmas Day--our tradition on Christmas is to open presents, go to Waffle House for brunch and go to a movie before coming home for Christmas dinner!

You can check my Instagram, kalajmac to see how our 25 Days of Christmas turns out and check back on my blog on December 26th to see the overview!

Happy December 1st!

Love,
K

we have a DOCTOR in the family!

After 4 long years and lots of hard work, Thomas has finally graduated from UGA. It was such an awesome feeling to watch someone work so hard and accomplish a goal they have set out for!

Thomas's graduation was at the Performing Arts Center at 10:30. Here are a couple pictures from the ceremony.

 The graduates walking in

 Dean Allen's introduction

after the graduation ceremony

We headed to Loco's for a quick lunch and then headed home to get ready for the big party! Here is the some pictures of the set up for the party...

The table laid out for the food

The table with all of the food

right side of the table

left side of the table

Middle of the table

top of the cake

Banner on cake that said congrats Dr. Thomas McNair

Chips and dip ( I just bought Ruffles and French Onion dip)

Sixlets in red and black (bought at Party City)

fruit with dip ( I cut up apples, strawberries and peaches and made fruit dip using 1 package cream cheese, 1 cup confectioner's sugar and 1 small jar of marshmallow cream

Picture of Thomas from his white coat ceremony

chicken salad with crackers, grapes and cheese and pasta salad (I bought the pasta salad from Kroger! My mom made chicken salad and purchased the cannolis)

strawberries with cannoli cream, cheese balls and cannolis

Beer in one tub

Water in the other

Other drinks: coke and wine. For the wine, I mixed 8oz moscato wine with 2 oz ginger ale and added fruit

The Georgia overlay was actually a twin bed sheet

I bought a balloon to go on the mailbox but since it was pouring down rain, we hung it by the door

Obsessed with the cake! So much detail

Cake again

Thomas with his cake. Thanks to Deb from Deb's Specialty Cake for doing such an amazing job!

With my handsome husband

It was such a great day! We appreciate and love all of our family and friends for coming out to celebrate with us, especially on a miserable rainy day! I can't wait to start this next chapter in our life and to be a 2 income household!

Love,

K