A New Year's Eve Miracle

This morning I woke up to a miracle! For the first time in the ten years that I've lived here, I have never seen it actually get down to 2°C and snow here! (I believe it hailed in some parts of the city a few years ago, but that's not what this was!) Just thought I'd share a few pictures of this little miracle!

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How's the weather where you are? Do you love snow? Everyone here was bundled up but had huge smiles on their faces - what a way to end 2014, huh?

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A Visit to the Cake Boss Las Vegas

Very, very glad I found the bakery! My little sister and I had chocolate rugelach for breakfast and now my stomach feels a bit spoiled! Although this technically crosses off my visit to a Carlo's Bakery, I definitely still want to visit the one in New York if I ever have the chance! *fingers crossed*

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A Weekend Trip to Las Vegas

This past weekend, my family decided to take a quickie trip to beautiful Las Vegas! We live really close to Sin City, and we've been known to frequent it to visit family and (of course) shopping! During our first year after we moved to Arizona my family was taking day trips almost every weekend! Here are a few photos of what we did on our little mini vacation, enjoy!

The ceilings of the Palazzo are painted so beautifully, I couldn't resist taking some pictures of them! There was even a really nice man playing the accordion - talk about ambiance!

One of the things I love about Las Vegas in general is how there is so many different things in one area (i.e. the Strip!). You can take a quick walk down and visit many of the different hotels. The Wynn is right across the street from the Palazzo (and the mall just a kitty corner away!) so we thought we'd take a little walk since it had been a while since we'd done so.

Sure, I'd love to take a ride!

These Chanel boots are just beautiful, and I just loved how they are displayed.

I loved Popeye when I was growing up, so seeing this just made me squeal!

Gotta keep up that coffee fix!

I have a very eclectic music taste, in part due to my dad. I love country and classic rock about as much as I love pop and alternative. The show was interesting, but as I warned on my Instagram, it is a show intended for mature audiences - the production overall is pretty historically accurate, so I wouldn't recommend bringing the little ones to see it!

Here are just a few pictures from me crossing off one of my little life bucketlist items: visiting a Carlo's Bakery and buying cupcakes! I'll put up an extra little post with the rest of the pictures - I just couldn't resist because the shop was just too cute!

Don't they all look scrumptious?

Candid photo from when my dad made fun of my height in comparison to this tree.

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Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone had an amazing holiday! Whether you celebrate religiously or recreationally (not sure that's the right word choice!), I only wish that your day was filled with love, laughter, and happiness. My day was relaxing yet still a little busy, but that's just the way I like it. Hopefully all of you were on Santa's "Nice" list and received everything you needed/wanted. Sometimes, you even get a few surprises - 'tis the season!

"Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"

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Deck the House - It's Christmas Eve!

Photo via Birchbox Instagram

It's Christmas Eve! As promised, here's a peek inside our holiday decorating!

This year my mom opted for a gold theme instead of red and gold.

This is an ornament we bought on our trip to Hawaii this past summer.

My mom just thought it'd be festive to put extra ornaments on the chandelier.

This dog ornament is actually from the year we adopted Sammie!

My mom ordered these personalized stockings from Pottery Barn and I love them!

"Hang a shining star upon the highest bow"

Sammie's so excited that she's waiting by her stocking for Santa to come!

Have an amazing Christmas Eve! Don't forget to leave cookies out for Santa and go to bed in your cutest pjs! I hope you have a wonderful holiday full of love and laughter, and may your stockings be heavy with goodies from Santa.

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