Merry Christmas Eve

A traditional Christmas Eve for us with a bonus happy hour at the Henderson’s house. Baking, chowder making, and matching pjs rounded out the night. The magic of Christmas is alive and well in the Peavy house. May others be as fortunate as we find ourselves again this year.

I love these people so much 

We’re ready - notice the fancy wrapping paper on the left

Futsal

The old rec soccer teams have competing squads in the futsal league. Great to have everyone on the sidelines together. A great village cheering on the boys. 

Holiday Festivities

We are lucky to have some wonderful holiday parties to attend every year. Always fun to get dressed up and hang with people in our wonderful community. 

Italian Christmas

Tonight, we used a gift card I received from my team last year at Christmas time. It was the perfect night to use it for many reasons. 

1. It is happy hour all night long
2. We didn’t have to cook tonight 
3. 20 years ago, Marshall and I went out to an Italian restaurant for our first Christmas dinner together. 
4. At that dinner, Marshall asked if we had been dating long enough to use a coupon. Tonight we used our gift certificate. 

It was a great night telling these stories and enjoying being together. Afterwards, D-man drove us around Louisville looking at the holiday lights. The perfect way to kick off Christmas week. 

The best tree of the night 

Teenage T-man

It was a fun day celebrating T-man becoming a teenager! We started the day with donuts that Marshall picked up. After work and school (D-man was at a basketball game), three of us headed to BJ’s for dinner. T-man has the rib special which came with a pizzokie (yum). 

From there, we headed to futsal (and T-man had a sweet goal) and shared cupcakes for his birthday with his team. After some homework, we opened presents and wrapped up a nice evening. 

Earlier in the day, we had talked about how teenagers are moody and T-man said he was going to set his alarm for 5:27 (the time he was born) so he could become a moody teenager. So during dinner, he started to mope and say, ‘this is so boring.’ It was cute. I know the days of him being a sweet kid are turning into days of him being a teenager - I just hope he continues to be a kind and good-hearted young man. 

Goooooaaaaal!!!!!!!

We love you teenage T-man! 

Donuts for breakfast 

Ribs!! 

Presents 

It’s Great to be Back

Perseverance and hard work paid off. Very proud of our son’s effort to get back on the court. And his first game went down to the wire and the Coyotes came away with a victory - 51-50. Sko yotes! 

In the middle in defense 

#33

The fans rush the bench (the varsity games got over early so the fans ended up watching the end of the game which was exciting - and fun!) 

Blossoms of Light

Our financial advisor hosted people at the Botanic Gardens for the Blossoms of Light display. T-man and I headed down to Denver and picked up Marshall. We then grabbed dinner at Noodles before heading to the gardens. It was a chilly night, but we were bundled up and had hot cocoa to keep us warm. 

The lights were really pretty and a much larger display than when we were there last. T-man enjoyed the 3D glasses and the lights set to music. There were so many different displays that I liked, I couldn’t pick a favorite. It was just a fun evening having some 1 on 1 time with T-man and getting in the holiday spirit. 

You can see Santa in the upper window 

Holidaying

This last weekend included a lot of “holidaying.” On Friday night, T-man marched in the Louisville Parade of Lights. I love this tradition. Saturday we watched an exciting futsal game and then I put up some more Christmas decorations and spent time with the boys. Marshall spent the afternoon playing in a trivia tournament (it did not go well). 

Saturday night brought drinks with friends before we headed to two holiday parties - one in Louisville and I stopped by a party of an old coworkers. 

On Sunday, D-man and I volunteered to write letters from Santa for families in crisis and then I headed to a birthday party. In the evening, we were all around and actually had time to decorate the tree. 

We’re ready for Santa! 

Ready for the parade 

This was one of the better parades 

The band - we actually saw him! 




Santa! 

Enjoying the parade - I basically met both of theses women at the parade of lights in 2012! 

Writing letters and spending time together 

My elves 

We’re ready! 

Cordoba

Forgot to include pics of our day trip to Córdoba. We stopped at a restored castle, had lunch and then hit the mosque/cathedral which was unique and beautiful. It was a church originally and then had a mosque built on top of it and then when the Moors were kicked out, the Catholics out a cathedral in the middle of the mosque. Fascinating!

High on the hill 

Islam design 

Quite the view. The castle was said to be impenetrable 

A sword display 

Crossing the Roman bridge to the old town of Córdoba 

Outside of the mosque/cathedral

The Islam arches 

Moorish arches with Christian ceiling 

The big cathedral in the middle of the mosque 

Such a crazy combination

Symmetrical arches

The bell tower 

Old town Córdoba 

The original city wall

Evening view back across the bridge