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Time to deck the house with holiday lights...
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...and deck the tree with holiday memories.
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After pitching in to decorate over Thanksgiving break, Allyndreth headed back to Seattle to prep for finals. The city welcomed her with another notable night scene out her apartment window.
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Once finals were over, everyone could relax to celebrate Matt's birthday at Va de Vi.
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He had his first dessert at the restaurant...
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...but we came home for Second Dessert.
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It was the perfect occasion to try a new lemon bar recipe!
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The next day, we started preparing for Tyrian's birthday. His chocolate log cake from a new bakery didn't have meringue mushrooms on it. Evya and Allyndreth went right to work remedying that by making their own.
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And on the morning of December 24, we loaded up our red sleigh with bags of holiday goodies to travel to Monterey for Tyrian's Christmas Eve birthday party, and Christmas morning breakfast and gift exchange.
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Upon arrival at the condo, Tyrian and Hayley took a moment to extend Matt's birthday with their gift presentation. (We then commenced with Tyrian's Golden Birthday, which has an album all its own.)
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Christmas dawned with Tyrian and Hayley cooking breakfast as their tree basked in the morning sunshine.
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After the family gift exchange, Matt and Tyrian had some unfinished birthday business. They had both recieved scratchers from Gra'Karen and Grampa Pete, and decided to test their luck together.
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Our sleigh then traveled home for Christmas dinner with Grammie, and a few more gifts.
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On the Fourth Day of Christmas, ChriSmyth came to Hastings Court.
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Merry ChriSmyth!!
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