Disney with Callie

When my sister Callie came into town for the holiday, I invited her to go to Disneyland with me as part of her Christmas gift!  Here we are on the tram ready for our day at DL. So excited for sisters time at the happiest place on earth.

Of course we had to take a photo In front of the giant Christmas tree! So cute.

Disneyland is especially magical during the holidays.

I have several really epic DL clothing fail pictures…this was another the woman's sweats say "super nice" on the but. #classy.

Here we are on the Matterhorn.

And ready for toy story mania.

As the sun went down we had to spring for some hot coco.

Here we are the castle holiday style.

And Hillary joined us for the evening.

Love, love, love Disneyland especially during the holidays and double especially with some of my favs. #lovemylife

Branch Christmas party

This year for our Branch Christmas party we all gathered at our branch president's house. I got to hang out with these lovely ladies. Me, Emily, Natalie.

And Dani and I wore our matching reindeer leggings…somehow everyone asked us if we knew the other was wearing them also. LOL. Good conversations were had, good food eaten, and an epicly long gift exchange endured. Another G9 Christmas party is in the books. 

Crossfit born with it Christmas

Our cross fit Christmas party is always a good time.

We work hard but we know how to eat too….these cookies were amazing.

Jenny, Me, Heidi enjoying the party.

Me and Micel (one of my sweat sisters) enjoying the party.

Me and Liza Having a blast as the party went on. I had to slip out before the gift exchange this year, but still enjoyed bonding with my cross fit peps.

Spartan Sprint Malibu

This December I signed up once again for the spartan sprint in Malibu!

My roommate Tamar and I ready to hit the trail!

The start of the trail. We started out a little later than the rest of our group but really pushed ourselves and were excited to catch up with the rest of the group about half way through.

Here I am after the race, covered in mud but still smiling.

Here's the group at the end! We made it to the end. :)

December randomness

In December we finally got some rain. It's always a beautiful and exciting thing when we get rain in California and everything looks so beautiful and clean. #iheartrain

I participated in one of my most dreaded WODs the air force WOD….so tough, this one always leaves me in a puddle of sweat on the floor. #hardcore

It was my friend Dani's birthday in December so I brought birthday brownies to our weekly Trivia. #birthdaybrownies

A few friends and I went to see the lights at the LA zoo. Super cool. #lazoo

There was a local mid singles formal night in SM and a few friends and I went. They had this really awesome gold backdrop. Me, Mike, Tamar, Dan. #classic

and it lead so some very prom-like photos. Ben, Dani, Tara, Mike, Tamar, Dan. #promover30

My friend Clarke had a birthday…one of the rules was everyone had to take a photo wearing the golden glove….I'm all about following such rules, even when I don't understand them. :) #embracingtheawesomeness

I decorated my Christmas tree, always so fun to relive past memories through the many ornaments I've collected.  #christmasmemories

I met up some friends at the Galleria for dinner and seeing the lights. #ilovela

One of my favorite things in a friend is one who goes along with my shenanigans…at trivia one night my friend Justin and I stacked the things on the table as high as we could, the knife was the last thing added before it all came down. #ihavethegreatestfriends

Hillary and I met up for some holiday DL fun. #disneyfreaks

For our secret Santa this year I drew AJ's name. For his gift I got him this really awesome Ninja turtle gate belt. He was super excited. #faceofsteel

My friends Mike and Jill had a bunch of us over for hot chocolate and hanging out one night. I appreciated that they seemed to know no normal sized cups. #cupsforgiants

On night I went out for a friends birthday dinner. We all got to enjoy wearing the birthday sombrero #ilookgreatinhats

One Sunday I spent the evening baking holiday treats and watching white christmas #sofestive

For Christmas my coworker got me this necklace from Tiffanys. It means eternal friendship. I love it. #thesweetest

For Christmas I bought myself this giant vat of protein powder! #healthnut

One morning when I got to work I found this breakfast waiting for me…my boss wanted to make sure AJ didn't eat it before I got there #ithappenedbefore

Thanksgiving Weekend

We started out Thanksgiving day right dressed in our festive garb!

I love spending time with my siblings: Brianna, Tara, Matthew.

Me and Brianna on thanksgiving!

Transitional cousins photos: Addie, Katie, Tara, Sadie, Brianna.

That night we set up for gingerbread house making!

And got to work on our houses. 

Here I am with my finished house.

All of the cousins with our finished houses.

On Saturday we hung out with the family. Here I am with Nathan and Adden.

Grandma and I ready for our family walk.

Me, Nathan, and Mom.

Grandpa and Grandpa on the ranch, love these 2 so much.

The gang on the family walk.

Adden was the first to the top or the hill, he's a true country boy.

My Mama was in hog heaven with all her grand kids around. Adden, Nathan, Mom, Benny!

The ladies: Mom, Tara, Brianna.

I love this place so much even when it's dry!

Later that evening my BFF from college Myriah stopped by for a visit. So good to see her. 

That night we had a family bon fire complete with smoores!

Adden told us ghost stories and we had a great time.

On Sunday I baked cookies and enjoyed the last hours of fun with the family before heading back to LA. Such a great day.