MY WEEK IN PHOTOS: DECEMBER 25–31, 2017!

MY WEEK IN PHOTOS: DECEMBER 25–31, 2017!

Christmas day has arrived. Spending a week with my family at home, on our annual wine-tasting trip to Paso Robles area, and preparing for a New Years Eve gathering at Kiki’s. Aryn comes down to visit and Tubby is happy. Enjoy and Happy New Year!

Good morning! Merry Christmas, boyos. Warming themselves by the fire.

Tree looking beautiful and sparkly

A Christmas miracle, a side by side touching moment.

Let’s go in and exchange gifts!

I’m still getting Santa gifts, I’m a good elf.

Dad very happy to receive some High West whiskey.

Got my mom a new ornament

Enjoying some coffee and sitting by the fire.

Then it’s off to my mom’s friend’s place to make mochi

Mochi-making

Gotta eat one while its fresh.

Mochi Waldorfs

Over to my cousin’s house for the big family Christmas gathering.

This year we did a gift card white elephant.

What’s this egg?!

She always asks to take photos with my camera, future photographer?

Love all the chaos in every frame.

Tuesday! We left pretty early and drove up to San Luis Obispo, our family meets other family friends up here every year after the holidays.

Gum wall

From winery to brewery

Dinner at the hotel

Waiting for cheese

Winery hopping

Feasting

My mama

Joy!

Cider sampling

Stopped by Firestone brewery to bring back a growler

Bundled

Creek walk through downtown San Luis Obispo

More sights around downtown SLO

Pasta night

Avila Family Farms

Feeding some goats

Horse close up

Dad

From the farm to Linn’s in Cambria

Thursday, heading back down to Los Angeles.

James Dean’s last stop

Picked up the dogs from my auntie

Headed back to my apartment for the eve

Zach’s back from his sister’s farm! We finished up the advent calendar.

Cutest little gifts from Zach’s family

James came over in costume ready for Tristy’s 2017 themed party. Guess what he is?

SpaceX and zombie Taylor Swift

Kiki as the little girl who interrupted her dad’s interview (video here)

Proud of this last minute paper bonnet

Being a melachony handmaid

Mustard day to make some returns at the mall

Finding new items to replace my returned goods

Friday, took my big little cousins to get ramen

Delicious

Used my giftcard to treat the littles

Next we got boba

And then took some cuteass pics

Went to find a photobooth. Success!

Mochi icecream break

❤

Barkley

Snow

Saturday morning

Took Kiki to get a Lucky Boy breakfast burrito

Quick coffee stop to get ready for party prep

99 cent store goodies

Cutting up 99 cent store decor to make other cute decor

Aryn arrived from the Bay in time to cuddle Tubby for the first time in a few years.

Tubby + Kiki

To the mini golf course

A beautiful day for some golf

It’s a dangerous game

Dinner with my parents

Sunday morning face mask

Ozoni

Bye Tubby, bye parents. Always love spending time at home.

Back to my apartment. Cleaned up Christmas decorations.

Found this fake plant on the side of the road years ago, kept it…and now decided to let this sad broken thing go. To 2018!

Put my crime scene terrarium a little lower, maybe it needs more sunlight to thrive.

Trimmed my semi-dead bamboo with the hopes it will revive

Setting up a new puzzle

Peanut comes over to hang out for the evening

Over to Kiki’s to set up for the NYE gathering

Our sad little DIY tassles

Testing out that selfie wall

Happy New Year!

Ladies getting glammed

Pulled a card for the new year. “The Four of Swords shows a period of rest and recovery after a time of challenge, with the promise that, once recovered, you can and will return to the challenge. In the meantime, the Four of Swords provides a new challenge – to stay silent and inactive. This is the time build up your mental strength. Meditate and spend time in a calm atmosphere. You need to replenish your strength and spend time in spiritual thinking. You need to rest and relax.”

My friends are too beautiful.

Gotta get that lighting just right

MIDNIGHT!

Time to break the pinata

After we got the candy out we went back upstairs and I got my soba together.

Thought it was supposed to be the first meal of the New Year, but I think it was supposed to actually be the NYE meal. Close enough. #YonseiFail!!!!

Happy New Year! May your 2018 be the best year yet.

Much love friends.