Our Christmas Weekend

Monday, December 21, 2015

Since we travel to be with family on Christmas every year, Stephen and I like to celebrate our own little Christmas before hitting the road. Friday, we headed over to Disney for our 2nd annual Christmas Disney date. Since we don't have passes anymore, we can't go into the parks so this year, we ate at Downtown Disney - Earl of Sandwich (where else?) - and then headed over to the Grand Floridian to see the Christmas decorations. We really enjoy the Grand Floridian because they have a piano player, a band and a real gingerbread house that they serve treats out of. Unfortunately, my allergies started bothering me Thursday so I was feeling a little under the weather but nonetheless, we had a great time!


I ran by Old Navy during lunch to see their sale and snagged this sweater for $14 and I'm obsessed!


We each got one of these cookies and it ended up being $15... gotta love Disney prices. I'm definitely getting the chocolate chip cookie next time though



Saturday we woke up and had Christmas! We opened presents, made breakfast, played my new board game, took a nap, made dinner and watched The Santa Clause. It was the perfect day and we had such a great time together. Side note - want to add some fun to your marriage? Get some nerf guns for you and your hubby. I got some for Stephen this year and we had a BLAST running around the house shooting each other. I was in stitches the whole time and got a good workout from running around and laughing. 





We decided to go a little nontraditional with our meal - Stephen grilled steaks, we made balsamic roasted Brussels sprouts, roasted broccoli and some Greek couscous

Sunday, we went to church and then our friends introduced us to an amazing wing place for lunch. The rest of the day we cleaned and packed because we're heading to my parent's house today for Christmas! I can't wait to see them again and get up to the cold weather!

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Linking up with Biana.

10 comments:

  1. Such a perfect early christmas celebration with just the two of you...it's actually just me and Gary on Christmas Day and I'm so looking forward to a similar day like you had!!! xo, biana -BlovedBoston

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  2. Love that you did your Christmas for the two of you in the morning just like Christmas - we're doing ours tomorrow night and I can't wait - although things are getting so busy I think we've just turned it into a pajama party! The Disney decorations look fabulous!

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  3. Wow! The Floridian looks amazing. It looks like you two had a great time. What a great tradition!

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  4. My grandparents used to live in Orlando so we spent lots of Christmases at Disney and the Grand Floridian was always my FAVORITE! The tree and gingerbread house are just amazing! Such a great weekend!

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  5. Love that you all celebrate Christmas early! This is our first year married and we have a lot of stops to make this Christmas so we may have to adopt your early Christmas idea next year!

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  6. So jealous of y'all's Christmas Disney date! It looks like so much fun and the decorations are beautiful!! So sweet that y'all celebrated your own Christmas. I can't wait to celebrate mine and Matthew's Christmas in a few days just the two of us! :)

    Hope y'all have a safe trip up here, and fingers crossed the weather stays cool for y'all during your visit!! Have so much fun in Tennessee!!!! :)

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  7. omg those decorations are seriously to die for. I'm so jealous that you live so close to Disney and get to go around Christmas, even if just to the hotels nearby! They do it up big for everything so Christmas must be gorgeous everywhere!

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  8. What a great early Christmas celebration. I like the idea about the nerf guns....I am going to have to remember that ;-)

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  9. Such a cute tradition to have a Christmas as Disney, especially since you live nearby. Those cookie prices were crazy, but it's not just Disney. Things are pricey this time of year
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  10. Your Christmas date looks like so much fun! How nice that you are able to just stop by the Grand Floridian - just because. It's so pretty there!

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