So the day after Christmas, I was sick and not feeling well so I snuggled up on the couch with my comforter. I was on my iPad reading blogs while Tyler was watching a movie and Cheerio was sleeping on the couch. This was a perfect way to end the day before we had to go back to work the next day.

I sat up to get a drink and saw that the house was flooded! I’m not quick at rescue and was too shocked to do anything. Tyler ran to the laundry room to shut off the water.

It turns out that our washer works but wasn’t spinning. My dad came over earlier that day to help us take apart the washer to see if the spinning belt needed to be replaced. The belt was not worn out and everything looked fine so we went to Home Depot and did our research. There was a sale going on with 10% off on top of the sale price.

We wanted to play it safe and get a new washer that would last us years than to pay almost the same amount to get someone out to come and look at it and fix whatever the problem was then hope that it doesn’t happen again.

We decided on the Maytag Bravos XL High-Efficiency Top Load Washer even though we would have liked to get the most expensive & pretty washer that is way out of our budget!

Anyways, back to what happened. Tyler put the washer back together and hooked it back up in the laundry room since we weren’t going to get our new washer until Friday. I wanted to do some laundry and told Tyler I’d do it the old fashioned way and squeeze out all of my clothes since it wouldn’t spin.

Well, I guess the pipe wasn’t fully attached and came loose and silently flooded the house! I immediately left and went to the store to get mops and a bucket. My dad then came to our rescue with tons of towels and the shop vac.

I sent a text message to a friend who lives close by asking him if he could come and help us. He said he was going to eat dinner then come over. By the time he got to our house, we were pretty much done. We teased him saying that if he ever tell us that his house is on fire then we will come over after we eat.

Our neighbors probably were wondering what was going on since there was water coming out of our garage and down the driveway. I’m so glad that nothing really was damaged and that I saw it before it could have gotten worse.

{My DIY Coffee Filter Wreath}

I made my grandma’s coffee cake and it turned out to be delicious! I can’t believe I forgot to take pictures. Next time!

My parents got me this beautiful capiz pendant from West Elm!

I’m in love with it and cannot wait to put it up! Now I need to figure out which room I want to put it in.

We got my parents a 16×20 canvas of me and my sister since my mom has always wanted these pictures to put up. I ordered them from WinkFlash since I was able to get 60% off of my order and I’m happy with how they turned out! My parents love them and actually hung them up on the wall in the hallway on their side of the house so they can see it everyday.

Here’s a typical kissy-face picture of me and my sister. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas/Holiday season!

The past few days have been crazy since I was stupid enough to wait until the last minute to finish my shopping. Also I shouldn’t have waited until tonight to wrap all of the presents in the same day. While I was at it, I thought I’d do something different this year with gift tags to make it more fun.

I found a good picture of each family member and printed them out. So we cut them out and taped them on each present. I didn’t need to put who it was from since we used the same wrapping paper for all of our presents.

My dad…isn’t he handsome?!

and my gorgeous mom & sister!

I cut up more tags so my parents can use them too with their presents. I can’t wait to spend time with the family! I wish Tyler’s family wasn’t so far away so we could celebrate with them too. We live only 4 miles away from my parents so we’ll be celebrating with them Christmas Eve then go home when we’re ready to go bed. Christmas morning we will immediately go back to my parents’ house in our pajamas. So much easier than packing up our stuff and besides our bed is way better than my old bed.

My mom has asked me to make grandma’s coffee cake this year and I’m so nervous that I’m going to mess it up. I’m probably going to be texting my friend from work who is the perfect wife who cooks and bakes everything. I’m hoping mine will turn out better than my mom’s last year. This will be perfect to make with my new KitchenAid stand mixer that I got for my birthday! I’ll keep you all posted and hopefully I’ll be back with good news.

I hope you all have a wonderful break and Merry Christmas!! xo!