Ho Ho Home
^^Santa is always watching! Merrrrrrry Christmas Eve! We just spent the weekend in Hillsborough visiting my parents, sister and family. My parents are s l o w l y moving from the house I grew up in to a new house in their same neighborhood. They now have beds and mattresses at the new house, so we were able to stay there for the first time! It was SO NICE to have plentiful bathrooms (growing up we just had one for the whole family upstairs) and modern touches like their gas fireplace. Now that Emerson can walk, Mazen had fun chasing her around and making her laugh. Where’s your cousin?! Check out the open floor plan! (Rugs, kitchen tables, etc. all still in progress.) MY OTHER RECIPES I brought some Virginia wine to share, and we snacked in cheese, crackers, guac and chips before dinner. My parents made chili in the slow cooker, cornbread and salad for dinner. After dinner we opened gifts! We always do a Secret Santa exchange, which I love because you put a lot