it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

tonight the boys and I decorated our Christmas tree!  I decided to take some pics of my favorite ornaments and share!

 I've had this cutesy little Hello Kitty ornament for years!  love her!

here's my fav elephant ornaments - from Kohl's and Anthropologie

I've had this little one for a few years.  it's just so funny I couldn't not include it here!

 my mom recently got me this sock monkey clown ornament.  too cute!

I actually made this ornament last year!  super easy and super cute!

 I think this is just such a cute very Christmas-y ornament with the bells and all!

and of course here's the boys - yes I made them wear their Santa Suits while we decorated for Christmas!  and then the final product - our beautiful PINK CHRISTMAS TREE :)

Merry Late Christmas!

I had a great Christmas! my family and I went on a 7 day cruise to the Virgin Islands. it was beautiful and great to get away to the warm weather for a little while. I'm back to work tomorrow...

here's a few pics of the vacay:

Celebrity Cruises

waiting to go on our first excursion of the trip

my dad and I

niece (Sydney), sister (Mikayla), sister (Lisa) and my mom...and some random guy that jumped in the pic!

brother (Brandon), me, niece (Sydney) and sister (Mikayla)
about to board the helicopter

sitting in the front seat of the helicopter!

Monserrat Soufriere Hills Volcano
this volcano is currently active and the views we got to see were amazing!

this was a formal dinner night on the boat with my brother (Brandon)

it's the busiest time of the year...

but Christmas is right around the corner! and I can't wait! I've definitely super busy at work, but only have four more days of work until my family and I go on a cruise for Christmas! so exciting!

a long time ago, I bought some clear glass ornament balls with no idea what I was going to do with them. I just figured eventually I would come up with a use for them. and Voila! I did. I used paint and paint pens and decorated them as gifts for Christmas! I made myself one, one for each of my boys, one for my momma and a few others for friends! here's what the boy's ornaments look like...


each one has their first initial on it with a bone, a paw print and lots of stars. and they were super easy to make!

anyhow, back to the tv and relaxing!