Thank you Chung family for sending us those beautiful cookies! They went perfectly well with my red velvet waffles for breakfast. Happy Valentine’s!

This gingerbread mansion took two days to make! I thought it would be a fun activity to do it with Chloe but she was NOT interested at all. So Shane stepped up (out of pity, I think) and helped me with it and we actually ended up staying up late last night and having so much fun while getting high in sugar. I say we make this mother & son tradition! What do you say kiddo? 

I don’t know what got to me last night, but after I prep the turkey and prepared the menus for the big turkey day, I had this crazy idea to make new table mats and napkins, so I started sewing at 10pm and finished 1am. I can’t help when something triggers my creative juice to start flowing. I just know I must obey it. ;P

Today’s temperature drop to 40s so we are using our brand new fireplace for the first time. 

Shane wanted to read by the fireplace this evening, so I cozied up next to him. This is nice…

I make vacation collages on canvases and display them on the hallway walls. Every now and then, we stand here looking at photos reminiscing on our family trips and dreaming about going to places in the future… 

Coffee table: another great find!