Merry Christmas to All & To All a Good Night

Mike and I feel so blessed that we get to see both sets of families every year at Christmas time.  There is no "we'll spend next year with your family & this year with mine" involved in our little Mobley family.  It's our favorite time of year, and each year, we make a point of spending it with ALL of our favorite people.  So similar to Christmas 2012, we started off the Christmas festivities in Dallas, for the first Christmas in my parent's beautiful new home.

We had 4 fun filled days that went by WAY to fast.  Even though Garrett and Jenny live a mere 20 minutes away from my parents, they camped out the entire time with their sweet little fur ball - Ziggy.  Our time in Texas was full of egg nog, a delicious Italian Sunday dinner, matching Chicago Bear's shirts, an embarrassing Chicago Bear's loss, a thrilling 49ers Monday Night game, Backstreet Boys sing-a-longs in the golf cart, a cut throat game of gestures, Sequence, our Christmas Eve lobster tradition, mom's homemade Baileys, Christmas vacation on blu-ray, pipes and cigars on the upstairs balcony, fantastic single malt scotch, a full day of gift giving, Tiffany's jewelry, home made old fashioneds, THREE crazy pups, cozy new pajamas, and some gorgeous Texas sunshine.

Before we found out these shirts were probably bad luck

DA KIDS!

Golf Cart Selfie!

Garrett's first pipe - very festive!

The future DuPonts!

Mom & her babies! 

The girls!

Tis the season to be merry!

For the second leg of the Mobley Christmas tour, we traveled on a quick little puddle jumper to Santa Fe, New Mexico where the 6 of us stayed at the home of a very close family friend who was away for the holidays.  Of course, since it was New Mexico, the house was built in the pueblo style, and was the quintessential New Mexico home complete with authentic artwork and furnishings.  Mike and I had never been to the state of New Mexico, so it was a first for both of us.  So not only were we getting to spend Christmas with the family, but we were going to explore a brand new city!  For those of you who have not been to Santa Fe, it's quite a unique city - and absolutely breathtaking at Christmas time.  It's apparently one of the nation's top destinations for Christmas!

While our time in Santa Fe went too WAY to fast, we spent 3 jam packed days experiencing the magic of Santa Fe.  Those three days were full of honey baked ham, more single malt scotch, Scottish gifts from our travels, pueblo houses everywhere, star filled skies, luminaries, big dinners with extended family, droves of Native American treasures, MILES of art galleries, an overwhelmingly fascinating folk art museum, Mike being a little under the weather, sunsets unlike anything I've ever seen before, matching Menzies tartan Christmas outfits (again), a Mobley family photo session, Mobleys tours and visits to the oldest religious establishment in the entire US, an extended Mexican lunch, the bluest skies you've ever seen, a Scottish pocket watch, adorable adobe fireplace, morning (and afternoon) tea, and complete and utter rest and relaxation.

Oldest church in the US

How adorable is HE?

a little sick, but in good spirits!

When in Santa Fe...

A Santa Fe Sunset - Photo creds to my sister in law!

My LOVE!

View from the backyard!

Merry Christmas from the Mobleys!

Mobley's 2013 Christmas Card!

As always, our time with our families seems to go by too fast and before we knew it, we were back in chilly New York City.   Once again, we are incredibly blessed and appreciative of all that we have and each of our loved ones that we were able to celebrate with this holiday season.  I can't believe that Christmas has already come and gone, it seems like we were JUST celebrating New Years 2013! But aside from the fact that we were all cheated out of a week of Christmas festivities, it was an unbelievably fulfilling and joyful month.  The Mobleys wish you all and your families a very VERY Merry Christmas!  11 months until we do it all over again!

Merry Christmas to from our little family to yours!!!