Happy New Year’s Eve! Just like that Christmas was over! This month was much busier than anticipated and some events were not very Christmas-y, so it felt very different this year; but we still made the best of it!

Here’s a little recap of how we did on our bucket list. To see the original bucket list post and for the printable(s), you can click here.

~ Attend a Local Holiday Event

Yes! We went to an event called Christmas Story Book Land. This place had tons of displays from Christmas villages to mini movie and storybook displays.

We also planned on going to Zoo Lights at the Oregon Zoo, but sad day when we remembered that we needed to pre-purchase tickets. But as a bonus, we took a detour to our friends house and ended up Christmas caroling! Something I honestly didn’t think would ever make it on our bucket list, but it was fun (and very unexpected! :)

~ Decorate for Christmas

Yes!

~ Make Hot Chocolate & Watch a Christmas Movie

Yes! I found these cute cookie decorating kits that came with food coloring markers, so we turned on a Christmas movie, made them hot chocolate while they colored their cookies. They loved it!

~ Listen to a Daily Advent Podcast

Yes! We did miss a couple days as we had some pretty late nights and the kids needed to get to bed, but they enjoyed the podcast!

• “Countdown to Christmas with Zach” podcast

~ Make an Ornament

Nope, no points here.

~ Bake Christmas Cookies

We did! These are peppermint cookies, made with devils food cake mix and Ande’s mints. SOOoo easy and so good!

~ Drive Around to Look at Christmas Lights

We found the best lights! We even found a house that had their Christmas light display synced with a radio station playing Christmas songs. It was the best!

~ Attend a Christmas Eve Service

My favorite!

My daughter hi-jacked my phone and took a thousand pictures of the floor, so this is the only post worthy picture I got. It was a wonderful service. :)

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I honestly cannot believe we are at the end of this year! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and pray you have a very safe and Happy New Year!

Much Love,

Cami