St. Patrick's Day is next week on Wednesday, March 17th! Since I have red hair, am pale, am full of freckles, and my maiden name is Odell, everyone assumes I am full Irish. People sure are shocked to hear that I hardly have any Irish in me at all, and are even more shocked that my red hair is not even from the Irish side of my family in the first place. Anyway, St. Patty's Day has never been a huge celebration for my family but I love holidays so I am wanting to bake, decorate and craft! Here are a few pins I have been collecting for the occasion.



Lucky Leprechaun Cookie Bark
I'm not a fan of chocolate but I have a husband who would love this!


Shamrock Chips
Now this is more like it! I'm all about some chips and dip!
(& I already have the spinach wraps)


St. Patty's Rag Wreath
With packing, moving and being busy I probably won't have the time
to make this but you can bet I will be making it next year!


Irish Mojito


Irish Cream Sugar Scrub
This is probably my favorite of all! I love me a good scrub & I bet it smells delicious!

I hope you all have a great St. Patrick's Day! We might be going to Myrtle Beach this coming weekend with some friends for a fun weekend.

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all are spending it with the people you love and are enjoying the special day. Shae and I woke up this morning and opened all of our cards and our stockings first thing. I will first share what we got in our stockings!


MyLee got two bags of treats! She has never tried these treats but they are healthy for dogs and I figured she would enjoy them since they are like human food. Haha! Turns out, she loves them!

The Holidays this year have become pretty important to me. For one, it is mine and Shae's first holidays as Mr. & Mrs.! Secondly, I am trying super hard to make the most of it since we can't be back home in Oregon with our families. We have both been trying incredibly hard to fit in both sides of our families traditions and make them into our own. I figured I would share a few of the traditions we have!

Christmas Movie Marathon
Shae downloaded almost every Christmas movie we could possibly think of, and since the beginning of December we have watched a Christmas movie nearly every night. I love this tradition because it gets us really excited for Christmas to come!

Christmas Eve Eve Cookies
I think we just started this tradition tonight (since it is Christmas Eve Eve), but we baked sugar cookies and I think it would be a great tradition to keep.

Christmas Eve Movie 
In addition to our Christmas movie marathon, we have chose to follow one of his families traditions by saving National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation for Christmas Eve. 


Christmas Eve Pajamas
This tradition comes from my side of the family! Every year since I can remember, we have opened pajamas on Christmas Eve! It's one of my favorite things to do ever! There is something so exciting about opening a brand new pair of pajamas before you go to sleep, and then waking up and having cute Christmas pajamas to wear in the morning for when you open presents! Shae really likes this tradition too, and we had fun getting each other pajamas this year too!

I think every married couple worries about how they are going to manage both families in one Holiday, or what traditions we will get to do (or not do). Things are a little different for us because our entire family is over 3,000 miles away so we are doing our best to squeeze them all in one! Although this is our first Christmas being together as Mr. & Mrs. (we weren't together last year because he had to leave for his first duty station while I had to be at home), this is our fifth Christmas being celebrated as a couple. So we are both semi familiar with splitting up time with our families. In fact, Christmas Eve Eve is celebrated with his family by eating a delicious bowl of seafood soup and spending the rest of the night playing cards and sharing lots of laughs and conversation. This year, we watched Home Alone 2, went shopping for our surf and turf menu for tomorrow night, baked some sugar cookies, and we are now about to crawl into bed together. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!

What are some of your Christmas traditions?