holiday recap

Happy Holidays...from the Suk!

Christmas this year flew by but it was still pretty fabulous even if it still seems like a blur. This year we hosted Christmas Eve with the Schrecks. I worried about squeezing everyone into my dining "area" but it worked...nice and cozy. Blake and I wanted to get all theme-y and we did more of a southern bbq Christmas. Well, Sugarhouse BBQ did more of a southern bbq Christmas!

To go along with our down south theme we had our own little hootenanny! Janet brought her guitar and we all sang along. Lucy was in performance heaven...and Blake pretty much was too.

Baby Everett! This is Lucy's first and only cousin. And our first and only nephew. We love him so much and he was dressed very dapper for the night.

And lucky for us we'll get another little boy cousin in late spring. Clint and Abby are expecting their first and we love him already!

everyone's favorite...uncle Kyle

After the festivities we did our Eve pajamas, new Christmas book, note and treats for Santa, and Lucy did a lot of "oh dear, I hope I get my American Girl doll".

Christmas eve jitters!

And the sigh of relief Christmas morning that he came...

and delivered!

Out of nowhere Lucy came up with the name Annison for her new AG doll. And she's now a part of our family. Seriously, I'm putting a seatbelt on this doll every time we leave in the car and kissing her good night. Lucy's pretty vocal about NOT wanting siblings but she sure loves this new addition.

After presents at home we raced over to my mom's to open presents. We got showered with amazing gifts (a Kindle fire to help with my resolution of reading more books and less "updates") had a delicious breakfast and spent time lounging before continuing on with our day.

Trying on her new rock star jacket and looking a little holi-dazed...

And unfortunately that's all that was captured on camera. But the rest of our day was a good mix of food, family and togetherness.

Moving right along - Lucy plans to pull out Valentine's decor this weekend!