Christmas Celebrations!

Hello blog friends!!! I haven’t been the best blogger these past 2 months, but It’s just so hard to blog during the holidays.  But I plan on returning to my old blogging ways and post a few times a week, we’ll see how that goes!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and happy new year.  Jon and I had a great time! My mom and nephew, Felipe, flew in from Portland to spend Christmas with us.  We got to spend 9 whole days with them and we had a wonderful time! My mom cooked up lots of delicious Mexican food for us to enjoy and we had many adventures together. 

Miley wanted to open presents early..

Our stockings, Jon and I decorated them :) I made my mom's and Jon did Felipe's

Jon and Felipe were very happy to see each other

Miley was excited to see her cousin too! She stuck by his side most of the time

So cute

She makes my heart happy! 

Face timing with my sister (Felipe's mom) back in Oregon

Christmas eve was a pretty and sunny day, so we decided to take full advantage of the sun and headed out to the Santa Cruz boardwalk for the day.  All of the rides on the boardwalk were closed, but we spent some time playing games in the arcade.   On the way home, we decided to take the scenic route and were able to watch the beautiful sun setting over the ocean!  We then celebrate Christmas eve with a Mexican feast!  Growing up, we have always celebrated Christmas on Christmas eve, we all stay up until midnight and then open all of our gifts.  But since Jon and I are starting new traditions, incorporating the old ones with the new ones, we stayed up until midnight, and only opened 1 gift.  I think it’s a good compromise.

Heading to the beach!

Excited for the beach

He might of been a little excited

Happy guys

Love them!

This is how we bond, lol

Such a beautiful view!

My love

Christmas day, we opened the rest of our gifts and spent the day relaxing and eating, that’s what the holidays are for right? Lol.

After opening gifts, the "men" headed to the gym.

One of the special gifts I got my mom for Christmas.  I ordered it off of etsy and put it in a picture frame, she loved it! 

Thursday morning, we packed up the car and started on our 5 ½ hour road trip to LA, to visit my mom’s side of the family.  We stayed in Orange county until Sunday morning and had a great time! It was so nice to spend time with my aunts and cousins, and Jon finally got to meet part of my extended family.  He and my cousins husbands totally hit it off and were already planning on more visits between them and us before we headed back home on Sunday. 

I love this picture! 

Miley was loving the beach

The leap of faith...

Our attempt at a fun jumping picture, didnt turn out so great, lol

Felipe with a small portion of his California cousins

Me with my cousin Jenny & Sonia, and Jenny's babies.

Saturday night, Jon and I went out to dinner with my cousins Karina & Sonia, and their husbands, David and Audel

Karina, Sonia & I

Once we arrived back in San Jose Sunday afternoon, it was time to say goodbye to my mom and Felipe.  We had a wonderful Christmas and are so lucky that we got to have my mom and nephew with us to celebrate the holidays.  Hopefully we can have more family around for future holidays to come!

Time to say goodbye to my mamma :(

Love this kid!

A very Burns Christmas

Jon and I got our home decorated and ready for Christmas a few days after Thanksgiving.  Our place looks so cute and cozy now with all of the happy Christmas decorations, I love it. Ill let the pictures do the talking :)

Getting our tree ready

ooohhhh nnnooo!

The princess enjoying a treat in front of the tree

Checking out the tree from the couch

My 2 loves

Playing with my lil princess.  She makes my heart happy!

Christmas crafts!

The Burns Christmas 2012

Courtney's California visit!

Sorry I've been MIA this past week, now that I have a full time job that keeps me busy, its been an adjustment for me!

Courtney spent a weekend with us last weekend and we had so much fun!! So please be ready for picture overload!

Courtney arrived Friday afternoon, and the fun began!

We started our day with dinner at BJ's

After dinner, Courtney and I were excited to be home with drinks, lol

We played some jenga! 

My princess and I!

My lovie and I

 After hanging out at home, we decided to head out to downtown San Jose.  We met some new friends and one of them suggested doing some "boat races" We seriously had NO idea what we were getting into!

All of those glasses are getting prepped for boat race!

Then this guy came, tipped the glasses over and they poured out into the shot glasses, this takes talent! 

Once the shots are poured, you start with the green and work your way to the red, and its a race to see who finishes 1st.  I did NOT win, lol

The boat races crew..

Saturday, we decided to hit the road to Monterey.  The day wasn't as nice as we had hoped for, but it was still a dry day with hints of sunshine :)

Having fun with my new camera in the car :)

I love all of the boats!

Mr. & Mrs. 

Mrs. Courtney & I

Lunch on the pier 

This picture cracks me up :)

Sailors Wendy & Courtney!

We walked around the pier, had lunch, checked out all of the shops, we then decided to stop into a wine shop to relax and do some wine tasting :)

The 3 amigos

 After spending our day in Monterey, we headed home, stop at a taqueria to give Courtney a taste of good authentic Mexican food, and it was a total hit! :)

Saturday night we hit up downtown Campbell

Sunday we spent our afternoon exploring Santana Row and then we had a wine and cheese party at home.

Santana Row was totally decked out for Christmas, so we had a fun time taking pictures

We found a super cute wine shop, SO we did a little wine tasting :)

We then relaxed the rest of the evening at home with some wine and cheese!

Our fancy assortment!

It was a nice way to end our weekend of fun!

Courtney headed home Monday morning.  We had such a great time with her, I'm so glad that she came out to visit us.  Jon and I spent the entire weekend trying to convince Courtney to move to San Jose too! lol.  

Jon and I have a fun filled next 2 months ahead of us.  My mom and nephew are coming to visit for a week during Christmas.  Our good friends Lauren & Jesse are coming to visit next month.  Last but not least, Jon and I are heading to Palm Springs at the end of January for 5 whole days with our other close friends Janet and Phil.  So excited! I love our California life!