Merry Christmas From the Cook Family - 2018

This year, we decided to include a year in review letter with our card. I don't think we'll take this same route next year, as I don't like how small the photos had to be, but we may include a typed letter WITH our card from now on. We'll see!

Anyway... Merry Christmas, friends!

The Cook family sends warm wishes for a fantastic holiday season to your families! Enjoy!

2017 Christmas Card (and Past Years)

I'm a day (or three) late and a dollar short (what's new these days?), but I couldn't resist sharing our 2017 Christmas card... and while I was uploading it, I thought it would be fun to reminisce about the past few years, and I was right! I love putting together our card each year and sending them out to our family and friends! 

I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas (or whatever holiday you celebrate!) Happy New Year! 2018 is just around the corner! 

Merry Christmas (and Our Card!)

We're on the road to Missouri now, so I won't be blogging on Christmas. I just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

As per tradition, I also wanted to share our fun Christmas card. We didn't get a great family photo this year, so we decided to be a little untraditional... but I'm loving how it turned out (and so are the recipients!)

To see our old cards, check out here for 2015's and here for 2014's!

Annabelle's 12 Days of Christmas

Over the holiday season, I thought it would be fun to do something special with Annabelle since it was her first Christmas. That said, she is still to young to understand what is going on, let alone remember something fun from that time in her life... so I decided on photos. What better way to capture memories, right?!

We had a lot of fun putting the 12 Days of Christmas photos together. And when I say we, I really mean me. Dan thought I was out of my mind, and Annabelle... well... I think she got tired of being a model by the end.

We made it work, though, and I'm so happy with the end result... a collage to print out of each of the pictures to use as a Christmas decoration for years to come!

If you follow me on Instagram, you've probably already see these. Sorry!

I'll let the photos do the rest of the talking for this post:

Did you do anything special for the holiday season?


    

2015 Christmas Card

It's that time of year again... the holidays are here!

From our family to yours... Merry Christmas!

    

Holiday Recap - 2014

A holiday recap? In January? Yes, I'm behind... because I had other posts scheduled for while I was out of town and wouldn't have time or decent Internet access to post from!

To start, we went to a hot cocoa party and watched Elf with some friends... to which I took some hot chocolate cupcakes! I can't wait to share that recipe soon.

For Christmas, Dan and I loaded up the cats (and boarded the dog), and headed to Kansas City. It was a 10 hour drive, and while not very fun, we had a blast when we got there!

Our schedule was so jam-packed with lunches and dinners with family members and friends that we can hardly call it a vacation... but that's okay! It was wonderful seeing everyone and being able to spend time with them.

We celebrated Christmas with my family on Christmas Eve with a KC style BBQ dinner and gifts... and I was SO surprised to have gotten the red Kitchenaid mixer I've been eyeing for years thanks to my awesome husband! We had a lot of fun that night and ate way too much then and on Christmas day.

We also were able to see Unbroken on its opening night, and while it didn't tell the FULL story that the book does, it was still incredible.

We went to the last KC Chiefs game of the season... in which they kicked San Diego's butt (woohoo!) but ultimately didn't make the playoffs (just barely). We had a great time with friends, though!

• How were your holidays? 
• Did you travel or stay put?

Merry Christmas (and Christmases Past)

Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope everyone who reads this has the best holiday with their loved ones or is at least able to talk to them if they can't be with them!

I was doing some reminiscing after scanning all of my old photos and decided to share all of my Christmas photos from long ago. You can definitely tell these pictures were taken in the 80's, 90's, and early 2000's!

Have a wonderful day, everyone!