girls day at ceramica

what better way to spend the last day of the year than at ceramica with my favorite girls? we reserved the back room and invited lots of friends.  i had flower, river and kassidee.  kristen also came as well as patti and her two girls.  it was a fun day. 
river decided to paint a miniature owl cookie jar like my big one so she'd have one for her kitchen!  i love that she wants to be just like me!

kassidee painted a small owl and a fairy.

flower finally painted the hello kitty jewelry box she's had her eye on for months!

since we were a group we got 20% off our purchases.  i finally bought this big tree i've wanted all season!  little lights go in it.  my mom had painted a smaller version when i was young and i always loved it.  i can't wait till it's done but it will likely take me a few visits!

patti did a plate, and her daughters did a horse and an owl mug.

kristen made the cutest coasters!  they look like the peanuts gang. 

thanks for coming to play with us ladies!

that evening the girls spent the night at sandee's so kg and i could have a date.  it's been too long and he doesn't have new year's eve off very often.  i was so excited!  we went to see lincoln, then went to outback steakhouse for dinner, and then back to see jack reacher.  that was an awesome show!  it was over at 11:45 p.m. so then we went to john and lisa's to ring in the new year.  we stayed there till about 1:30 a.m. chatting before coming home and watching some of our shows.  i think we finally went to sleep at 4 am.  it was so awesome to be able to sleep in the next day together! 
that afternoon we met sandee, her kids and our girls at the theater to treat them to a movie for watching the girls.  we watched parental guidance.  hilarious! 
i'm grateful for all the movie cards we received for christmas.  they made those 2 days free for us and full of fun!  it was a very fun way to ring in the new year and i'm very optimistic about this year.  our favorite number is 13 so we've been looking forward to this year for a long time!  cheers.

playing in the snow

the were so excited to be able to put on their snow gear and go play in the snow!  first time this season.  they played in the empty fountain on the property and had a ball.  they were outside for over an hour.  i love that they have each other to play together! 

christmas with kristen

kristen and i finally got together on the 29th to celebrate christmas. first we went to asiago's. yum! then she came over and we had our gift exchange. the girls were so excited that she was over so they could show off their new kitchen.  she was so kind and got the girls some gifts too.  they had so much fun with these streamers!  she also gave them a ton of fun and yummy chapsticks!  reminded me of when we were young and my mom would give us the avon flavored chapsticks.  so good!  we'd lick our lips and reapply all day long.

she gave me this cute owl key chain,

and fun owl towels.

kristen and i got a kick out this typo on the packaging of the adorable owl soap dispenser and it's also kind of dirty.  we had kg hold it up later.  hehe!

i love the red glasses!

she also gave me this amazing picture!  she knows me so well.  i love this type of art and it goes so well with my black apple prints!  so cute!

thank you so much, kristen!  merry christmas.  i sure love you!