Happy Monday to you, friends! It’s a glorious, chilly one because winter has arrived! There’s a crisp chill in the air and I’m wearing a hat indoors. This is a very good sign. It means that it’s time to be cozy and no one gets that crazy idea to go and enjoy the great outdoors. :] That’s a big win in my book. The next few months are going to be all about blankets and scented candles (sweater weather from bath and body works, of course) and cuddling out sweet babe.

This past week was chalk full of family! We got in 2.5 days with my family and 2.5 days with David’s before we headed back home. It was wonderful! Often times there’s so many people to see that we can get overwhelmed and leave break feeling even more tired than before. But this go around, we used our time well, we communicated a lot, and we got to spend a little bit of time with most family and even a few friends. We even got to take some fun detours along the way. We snuck in an hour or so of Black Friday shopping and we took Ollie to the zoo with David’s mom! I think it was way more fun for us than it was for him. But hey, he stared at a giraffe for awhile so that’s pretty cool.

Feels time.

• I think we might have really messed up this weekend. We were strolling through the mall, on our singular black friday mission (buy me new jeans – eek), when we saw Santa! And there was NO LINE waiting to see him. He was just in his chair, with no children waiting. And we just walked on by. I was not prepared for Ollie to meet Santa. Not. Ready. Yet.
• Has anyone ever been to Abuelo’s? Because I’ve been twice now and OHMYGOSH THE STEAK FAJITAS! They are delicious and they come with unlimited guacamole. Which that alone should sell you on it.
• I can’t even explain how many times Gmail popping up and telling me “It looks like you forgot to attach a document” has saved me from sending a second email. Good looking out, Google.
• Actual scene from today in our kitchen: Me – “Should I throw this dead basil plant away?” David – “Yes…and we should never buy a plant ever again.” There’s been one too many casualties in the Phipps house.
• Yep, I watched all of Gilmore Girls. I’ve got so many thoughts but mostly I’m just glad I finished before the last four words got spoiled for me. That was my main motivation :]

That image below? New favorite! Shadow Creek provided great shelter from the wind last weekend and Sarah looked like an actual, literal princess in her dress!