Beginning a Tradition

Workout: Pop Pilates legs, butt, and abs. 3 miles easy.

After hitting snooze twice I finally managed to drag my butt out of bed and get a good workout in. I'm glad I did because early morning running is always the prettiest!!

Yes, Christmas was weeks ago, but I still want to share:) This year our little family spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning at home. Matt and I wanted to start some of our own traditions for the kids. We talked for quite a few weeks about what we wanted to do since this is what we are going to do every single year FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES!!!

And our big grand plan was......

Dinner and then drive around and look at Christmas lights! This may seem boring, but we didn't have just any dinner. We had IHOP!! Lyla thinks it is soooo cool to have breakfast for dinner. And I have no clue why, but IHOP makes me think of Christmas. Maybe because in The Santa Claus they eat at Denny's which is similar. Our food was good, they kids were well behaved, and to our lucky surprise - kids eat free on Mondays!!

Afterwards we drove around El Paso and found a Christmas light show! They played some really fun music. Our favorite: Dueling Jingle Bells!!! Gangnam Style was a close second!

It was a fun fun evening and I will be looking forward to doing this again next year!

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