Happily Hannah: Christmas Party

Monday, December 15, 2014

The Home Stretch

Happy Monday! Finals week is upon us and stress levels are rising! In college, finals are a massive deal. Or at least that's how they're made out to be. I think they should be doable and actually just want to get them done right away... since getting them done means going home!!! I cannot wait to go home for a break. I may love it here, but there's no place like home. Especially for the holidays (cue Perry Como). I am so excited to see my mom, Thursday morning, at 10am, as we load up the car and go home!

Crazy good times with these ladies

Friday was the last day of classes! Time flew by guys. I remember when I couldn't believe I had been in school for 4 weeks... now I can't believe I am done with all my first semester classes! Some friends and I went to an ugly sweater party and there was some great dance music. Homecoming Hannah made an appearance, which is always great;) It was great to dance out some of the stress of finals week. I didn't stay too long because I needed to get back and do some studying but it was a fun time!

Love my little Olive

On Saturday, I went to Olivia's state poms competition. I told my mom I wouldn't be able to come, but let my grandparents know that I WAS going to go and they should pick me up but not tell my mom. She sure was surprised to see me! The competition was hot, stuffy, but fun. I squeezed in looking at notes whenever I could, but also enjoyed the time as a study break. O's team ended up getting 3rd place, which was fantastic! I am so proud of her! She puts so much hard work into everything she does and I couldn't be more amazed.

The amazing photo stream creator

Sunday was so much studying. It started with a nice long brunch with some friends, so that was nice. But then I did some intense studying. My bio TA did a review session from 4:30 to 7, which helped. Christine and I snacked on Goldfish and made the best of the boring time. After dinner, I came back and did more studying. Obviously life is exciting during finals week. But my floor did start a photo stream and we have had way too much fun using it to procastinate.

I don't have any finals today so I will be doing lots and lots of studying. I will probably start packing too because I am too darn excited to bust out of Boulder and go home for Christmas!

This week is going to be crazy. I have a final Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Our Christmas party is Friday, Saturday we leave to go to my grandpa's for the weekend to celebrate Christmas. There's a lot to be done in a short amount of time, but I'm so excited for all of it I'm not even crazy stressed! The holiday season is in full swing!

xo
Hannah

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Christmas in July

Today has been incredibly rainy. It makes me happier than words can describe; I simply adore the rain. I have taken advantage of the day by making a delicious breakfast of French toast and baked some chocolate zucchini muffins to snack on and share with friends. This weather is also perfect for listening to Christmas music! In my opinion, Christmas music is just too great to only be listened to in December! That's why I listen to it all year long:) Especially on grey rainy days! I meant to throw a Christmas in July party this year but it just didn't pan out. I will most certainly do it next year though! So instead, I decided it was finally time to blog about the amazing Christmas party that Isabel, Mackenzie, Ainsley, and I threw last year.

We learned a lot first of all. Planning parties is not for the faint hearted! We put so much energy and work into all of it but I am so happy with the results. We met in mid-November and wrote up some ideas of food we wanted, who we were going to invite, themes, decorations, etc. The number one thing we all agreed on was that we wanted this to be the classiest of affairs four high school girls could afford. We set a budget (that we stuck to! I think we went maybe $5 over budget. Go us!) and a date. Over the course of the next few weeks, we sent invites, shopped, did lots of crafting, and got super excited! We did MAJOR prep the night before and the day of. I swear, we never stopped. The night before the party, Isabel, Ainsley, and Mack were over until midnight and they were back over by 11 the next day and stayed again until midnight.

The party included a hot chocolate bar with lot of toppings, hor derv's, punch and sparkling cider, desserts galore, marshmallow toasting, a photo booth, an ornament exchange, and lots of chatter. Despite all the work, I'd do it all over in a heart beat.

Now for the best part... pictures!