Christmas in Mentone!

The day after Virginia's birthday, Jay took off work and we headed to a cabin we had rented in Mentone, Alabama. It was on the "brow" side of Lookout Mountain, which means it was literally hanging off the side of the mountain where you could see for miles! It was gorgeous!

We had invited my family since we hadn't celebrated Christmas with them. My grandmother has been in and out of the hospital, so we hadn't had a weekend where we could do presents and just relax together. Also, both of my sisters' birthdays are in January along with Virginia's. Holly, my youngest sister couldn't come since she is in college but the rest of us had a BLAST!

We spent Friday just relaxing at the cabin and opening Christmas presents. It was so relaxed we thought we might wait until after Christmas to do this every year. It was so much better than the rush of the holidays!

The girls got wonderful personalized luggage from my parents! They loved having their names embroidered on them...and my mom likes that she can tell their clothes a part now!

My mom is a pajama fanatic...so am I! My friends laugh because even when we go away for a retreat or a girls' weekend I get my jammies on at like 8pm and jump in the bed. So, Christmas is never complete without wonderful new pajamas!

The girls gave Julian a pirate set and that was the hit of the weekend! They played pirate's treasure all day every day. It was so cute to see them all three playing so well together. I don't think we had a cross word from any of them once all weekend. Isn't he cute?

We gave my mom a platter we made at All Fired Up. It was so sweet because we used the girls' hands to make the farm animals my parents have on their 11 acres. Mom loved it and we had fun making it too!

We had a great Christmas celebration together that first night...but more fun is to come...stay tuned!