picture re-cap

baking cookies at grandma and grandpa's. 

saying goodbye to our dog (holly). 

christmas. 

new bracelets made by my aunt. 

failed attempts at trying to get selfie pictures.

oh. hello. 

yes, and a messy bun. 

yup, i'm loving life. 

wall decoration.

oh and just you know..my purse with a background of my christmas tree. gross combination. i know. ;)

Sorry I haven't been posting lots lately. There was some of my pictures I haven't been posting. Have a great night friends! :)

xoxo

getting excited & some instagram pictures!

It has been two weeks since I last posted. Holy buckets. Sorry about that, I guess I've just been pretty busy. Or maybe uninspired. I haven't really gotten my camera out lately. The weather here in Minnesota (as Kiley said..) is not very "christmasy", it's acting more like Spring right now. So there's no beautiful snow, or anything to take pictures of. It's just kind of blah. 

But aside from weather, It's been no inspiration. I mean what do I post about? If you guys have any ideas for me, I would so appreciate it. (:

A couple things that has happened to me since I've posted last: 

Having fun making Christmas cookies and decorating the house for Christmas

Making the top volleyball team for traveling (yay!) 

Making 4.0 honor roll

Saying goodbye to our dog yesterday. We had to put her down because she has some really bad arthritis in her legs. (from all those years of jumping off the deck!) She was 17 and a half years old. We will surely miss you, Holly. ♥

Getting more and more excited for Christmas!

Lately, I have been taking pictures on my ipod. Why don't I share those? (;

// like i said on instagram. scarves make everything so much better. (p.s. if you have an instagram, find me! alimarie97. love to be friends with ya! :)

// I am also loving this belt. (although i think it's broken. :( maybe there's a way to fix it!)

// me and this amazing girl. 

// yummy baked potato soup.

// me trying to be all cool. ;)

// hot chocolate and a hockey game.

// me in a sun dress ready to go to a christmas party. yes. our church is random, weird, but totally awesome! :)

Just four more days to go until winter break! I seriously need a break from school. 

So, you excited for Christmas? (;

walking in a winter wonderland..

Call me crazy, but I love snow. Well, I guess I wouldn't say I love it. I kind of  have a love-hate relationship with it. Snow, you can come anywhere from December 1st to January 31st. Anywhere before or after that, you are not welcome.

On Saturday, we went to go cut down our christmas tree. It's a tradition. We do it every year. And every year it's always snowing-or there's always snow on the ground. But this year, on Saturday there still wasn't snow on the ground. I started to worry, because I love cutting down our tree in the snow. But on our way there, all of a sudden it started to snow. I was so happy! :)

It took us forever to pick out the perfect tree. We parked our car so far away from where we actually found our tree.

all bundled up.

Should we get this one?

We found our tree! :)

Have a great week, friends!

P.S. Like my new holiday blog design? :) 

december love

december. i love the month of december for so many reasons. 

(ipod camera-not the best quality)

the beautiful snow.

winter break.

mugs of hot cocoa.

birthdays.

getting our christmas tree.

decorating the house with all the christmas decor we own.

christmas music. (i am a huge fan of christmas music. i could listen to it year round.)

wrapping presents.

picking out presents.

making christmas cookies.

spending time with family.

christmas eve.

leaving out cookies and milk for santa.

christmas morning.

reading the christmas story.

watching christmas movies. 

everything christmas.

the smell of cookies baking is the best. frosting them. licking your fingers. then sprinkling them with sprinkles, candies, and chocolate. baking them. then adding them to the pile of cookies, we've already made. 

going christmas shopping. finding gifts for people. watching them open it. the best.

today we're going to get our christmas tree. we'll come home, decorate, crank up the christmas music. decorate the rest of the house. take out all our christmas ornaments, and remember back when we were young, and all those old ornaments we made.

only a couple more weeks to go till christmas! i can't wait. but while i'm waiting. i'll be loving december. 

(all of these are ipod pictures. i will get my camera out today! i promise! :)