Tag: Christmas
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Penny’s First Christmas
The new year is under way and Christmas is getting too far away from me! So before another day goes by I want to share these photos from a terrific holiday with family. I’m always a little sad when Christmas is over…I LOVE the anticipation, the joy, the decorations, and especially the lights. I remember…
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Christmas Eve Eve and Christmas Adam
Back in 5th grade my two girlfriends Corinne and Emily and I started a tradition we called Christmas Eve Eve (a name I thought was so clever but have since learned is not original at all – thanks social media). Every year they’d come over to my house and we’d exchange gifts, make and decorate…
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Thanksgiving with Penny
I may be a couple of weeks late getting this post together but I didn’t want the season of giving thanks to pass without sharing a few photos from our family holiday and giving an update on just how much we have to be thankful for. At the top of the list: Penelope is doing…
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Last week in Chile
We’re back home in Louisville now, but I am only just getting the photos downloaded from our last days in Chile. I have some beautiful photos from Santa Rita vineyard, a couple of shots from another grill out we had to celebrate Colo Colo’s decisive win in a tournament final, and another 3,000 (or so) shots…
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Decorating Christmas Cookies
Every year at Christmas my parents would drive me and Ian down to Birmingham after we opened our presents in Louisville to spend the rest of the Christmas holiday at my grandparents’ beautiful farm. While we were en route my grandmother would bake and cook up a storm for us – and she always included…
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Merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas from the Los Rodriguez / McClure households! This post is a little out of order because we have a ton of pre-Christmas events to share, but those things can wait. We’ve had such an amazing couple of days! Last Wednesday my aunt Regena arrived in Nashville and then on Christmas eve eve my…
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Los Rodriguez Mansion: Ready for Christmas!
So now that we’ve seen the Nutcracker and watched a few Christmas movies, Javi and I are feeling properly Christmasy and into the season. We decorated the house the week after Thanksgiving this year, but I haven’t had a chance to thoroughly clean the house yet to take photos. Most of our decorations are much…
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Epic Show Flier v 2.0
It’s here! It’s here! One year after Javier drew the last epic show flier for the last Christmas show at Puckett’s, here’s the new one for this year’s Christmas Show (also at Puckett’s)! It’s great being married to such a goofy, talented guy. So yes, consider this the official announcement for my next show with…
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Friends, food and the Nutcracker
It’s taken me a few extra weeks to get into the “Christmas spirit” (last year I had my decorations up by the second week of November!) but if I was still not into it by the beginning of this weekend, I’m definitely feeling it now! We had two holiday gatherings this weekend and – my all time…
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Time to celebrate!
Sometimes, it’s best to just find things to celebrate to a) not feel guilty about having some fun (you’re celebrating something! It must be legitimate!) and b) to force yourself to enjoy a day, or even a few hours, off. Over the last few days, we’ve found some things to celebrate. Javier had a long…
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Los Rodriguez Wedding #2
Dec. 26 was our second second anniversary, but we only celebrate the 12/12 anniversary. Javier and I hopped on a plane to Chile two days after our first wedding to head down to prepare for Christmas there and our second wedding the day after Christmas. My mom, dad and brother also came down, which was…
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What a Christmas!
Normally I don’t think I’d spend a whole post talking about what I got for Christmas, but this year was extra special. I can’t believe the number of handmade and thoughtful gifts we unwrapped yesterday! Last night when we finally got back to our house after spending Christmas at my parents’ house we spread everything…
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MERRY CHRISTMAS / FELIZ NAVIDAD!
Merry Christmas from our family to yours!!!! It’s been a crazy few days and we have tons and tons to share, but for now we’ll leave you with a few photos and videos from the show on Friday. We hope this is a lovely Christmas / holiday / day for everyone! It’s been very very…
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A Translation Break: Uno to the Rescue
Before we get into the photos from our massive Uno game…here’s a quick reminder that THE SHOW AT PUCKETT’S IN LEIPER’S FORK IS TONIGHT!!!!!! The info: location: 4142 Old Hillsboro Road Leipers Fork TN 37064 showtime: 8:00 PM cost: $10 Reservations if you want a table: 615-794-1308 Now, on to the real post. Last night…
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food, recipes and more food!
Our house has turned into our very own pasteleria (bakery)! Cora baked 13 loaves of her Christmas bread (pan de pascua) and it smells heavenly, I threw together some no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies (thanks to Diane’s recipe) and Meri made a huge pot of cola de mono (monkey tail), a Chilean holiday drink that tastes…
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McClure wedding
Not only is our anniversary in December but my parents and Javier’s parents celebrate their anniversaries in this wonderful month as well. My parents’ 34th was this past Friday, Dec. 16. Below is a photo of their celebratory beer at Dalt’s grill – still such a cute couple! 🙂 No es solo nuestro aniversario en…
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Los Rodriguez Wedding
I already wrote out this long, detailed post about all the fun aspects of our wedding, but it was boring and I’d hate to have a boring post describing of one of the best days of my life, and one of the most fun parties I’ve ever been to. So here’s a few quick words…
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Advent Workshop at Second Presbyterian
It’s finals week…which means I’m digging back into my recent fun adventures file, because I will be enjoying a grand total of zero fun adventures until I turn in my last assignment (which is a take home final, and happens to be due on our 2-year anniversary). Es semana de examenes finales…lo que significa que estoy…
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Chupete and Choripan’s Nightmare before Christmas
Our poor puppies. They are completely drained after Friday night’s “adventure.” Nuestros pobres cachorros. Estan completamentedestrozados despues de nuestra “aventura” del Viernes. It all started out in the afternoon when Javi got off work early. The Christmas Parade was going on Friday night downtown where he works and his office got out early so they…
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The Good and Bad Stress of December
December…Oh December…We are so excited to have it here, but it will take a couple of weeks until we can really love it. Diciembre…oh Diciembre…Estamos muy felices de tenerte aqui, pero no sera hasta un par de semanas que te vamos a querer. Don’t get us wrong, its Christmas season! We put up the tree,…
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