My Goodness, My Guinness: Christmas!!

I just got back from California yesterday, and I had an AMAZING time there. The weather was lovely during my whole trip (highs in the low 60s... Pretty perfect, if you ask me!), and it was really nice to thaw out for awhile. As always, it was amazing to see my friends and family, and I had SO much fun. Those 9 days at home flew by!! I can't believe Christmas is already over...

I did everything from my Christmas Bucket List!! Here it is if you want to see it again:

I think you all saw in my previous post that McGee and I got a Christmas tree and decorated our crappy apartment. I saw ALL of my favorite Christmas movies this year, and I also saw Polar Express for the first time and we made the Polar Express Cocoa to drink while watching it!! I don't know how many of you have seen Polar Express, but I didn't love it... I thought it was weird, and it just wasn't my thing. I don't think it'll be in my Christmas must-see list... But I did LOVE the hot cocoa!! If any of you need a really rich and delicious (and high-calorie) hot cocoa recipe, just let me know!! It was amazing, though I think it was a bit too much chocolate for McGee to handle (What a rookie.... Just kidding, my love!!). I finished making gifts for 2 out of the 3 people I wanted to make gifts for, so I'll make that third one next year. I also sent out Christmas Cards, and I helped my mom with holiday baking! She did 95% of it, but I helped a tiny bit... Mainly with decorating the butter cookies. Here's my favorite one I did:

The cookie cutter is supposed to be a Santa hat, but if you turn it to the side I thought it looked like an elephant, so that's how I decorated it! If you tilt your head to the left, I think you might be able to see the elephant... Maybe... Hopefully...

Our Christmas Eve family party was an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party this year, and we had some good ones!

My mom working hard in the kitchen. It's hard to see her sweater, but it was great!

Here's my dad's awesome outfit!

Brad and Amanda!!

The girls looking adorable, as always. And that's Dad and Jim in the background, looking at Dancing Snoopy.

Here's my socks! I didn't get any pictures of my sweater...

Jim and Rhoda!! Rhoda did a great job making her sweater.

Kim and Nick!! They made their sweaters, and Nick was the clear winner of our sweater contest!! He had a pocket for his phone, and he had the fireplace app on his phone. It was amazing.

Traci and Kevin! Yes, those are humping reindeer on his sweater!

On Christmas Day we just did a lot of relaxing, and Brad, Amanda, Cassidy and Addison came over later in the day. We had a delicious dinner (prepared by Mom... she did a LOT of cooking over the holidays, if you can't tell!), and opened presents!