Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

I'm happy to announce that Christmas was magical this year. The girls really understood the season and enjoyed every minute of it.


Here's the tree on Christmas morning. Can you see Bella, our dog, checking out the presents.

Here's Maya posing in her pajamas right before she tore open her gifts.


Sido Bulos played Santa again this year. Although the girls know it's their grandfather, it doesn't seem to diminish the excitement of it.

Here are all the cousins posing with Santa.



The girls had their own tree this year. They made most of these ornaments and had fun decorating their tree.

Here's a close up of some of their decorations. This is a stocking with a ridiculous amount of pom poms and glitter. We can't seem to keep glitter in stock in our house thanks to Sahara.

Here's an acorn dog.

On Christmas day Nader made us a feast. People were talking about his rib roast and ribs for days afterwards. I'm so lucky to be married to a man that loves to cook. The girls and I made rice crispy treats and sweet potato pie from scratch. Standing behind Nader is my brother Ken. The girls miss you so much Uncle Ken !!!


The girls made a ton of holiday decorations and I decided to bore you with a few. I realize that this is probably not exciting to see, but for a mom, each piece is like a Picasso. So please indulge me. This stocking was sewn with string then we glued old candy from Halloween along with raisins and cinnamon.

Snowman by Sahara.

Christmas tree by Maya.

Christmas tree by Sahara.

Snowman by Maya.

We hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday. We are looking forward to hopefully a better year. Nader and I are gearing up for our little boy to be born in just a few weeks. We are trying to catch up on our rest while we still can. Wish us luck !!