{"id":9868,"date":"2018-12-26T04:48:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T04:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/?p=9868"},"modified":"2018-12-27T05:28:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T05:28:18","slug":"christmas-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/?p=9868","title":{"rendered":"Christmas 2018!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Friends! How was your Christmas?\u00a0 We had a great one celebrating the Birth of our Savior Jesus Christ! Christmas eve, we attended our Church service, then had Chinese food. Christmas morning we had breakfast together, my Hubs prepared Pop Overs! We try to keep breakfast simple because we know we&#8217;ll be snacking all day! Lots of family time, yummy food and just the right amount of gifts:) Over the years our family is really trying to be intentional with our gift giving and trying to minimize the amounts of gifts given. Mia received many gifts from our immediate and extended family &#8211; almost too many! We are thankful for their generosity and thoughtfulness.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m kinda itching to take down our Christmas decorations, normally I wait after the New years! But I&#8217;ve been watching and reading about minimalism, living intentionally and simplifying. I&#8217;m debating whether or not to take it down or just wait for few more days, because I really do just love the coziness of Christmas. We&#8217;ll see&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9891\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9891\" style=\"width: 734px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9891 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/joy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/joy.jpg 734w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/joy-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christmas Eve service<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9869\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9869 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ1.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 85vw, 412px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garlic honey pork chop from our Chinese dinner!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9870\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9870 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ2.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 85vw, 412px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The night before Christmas!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9871\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9871\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9871 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ3.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 85vw, 412px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daddy and Mia making breakfast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9872\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ4.jpg 734w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9873\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ5.jpg 734w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9874\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ6.jpg 734w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9875\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ7.jpg 734w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ7-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9876\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9876\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9876 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ8.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ8-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 85vw, 412px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">She got Mickey and Minnie stuffed toys from Grandparents!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9877\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9877\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9877 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ9.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ9-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 85vw, 412px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minnie robe from Auntie!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9878\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9878\" style=\"width: 734px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9878 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ10.jpg 734w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ10-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I got a massager, and I tried it today and so far I&#8217;m so loving it!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9879\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ11.jpg 734w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ11-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9880\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ12.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ12-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 85vw, 412px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9881\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ13.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ13-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 85vw, 412px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9882\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ14.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ14-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 85vw, 412px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9883\" style=\"width: 825px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9883 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"825\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ15.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ15-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snacks the whole day!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9884\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9884\" style=\"width: 825px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9884 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"825\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ16.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ16-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crab dip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9885\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9885\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9885 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ17.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ17-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 85vw, 412px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fresh Oysters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9886\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9886\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9886 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ18.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ18-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 85vw, 412px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thanks Hubs for all the work!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Auntie Candy and Uncle Tom stopped by to deliver gifts and Christmas goodies!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9887\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ19.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ19-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 85vw, 412px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I made roast pork belly!Yum!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9888\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ20.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ20-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 85vw, 412px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Day after Christmas! Mia had fun jumping on her gift from Auntie Chak and Uncle Chads gift!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9889\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ21.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ21-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 85vw, 412px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My sis got me these new sheets! I love the blue paisley print! My family spoiled me this year, they got me everything I wanted:) HA!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9893\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/joy1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/joy1.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/joy1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 85vw, 412px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9890\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9890\" style=\"width: 367px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9890 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ22.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christ22-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 85vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Merry Christmas from our family to yours! I was able to convince everybody to be matchy matchy! I love it:)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Have a great night friends! I&#8217;m hanging out with Hubs watching TV and sipping Hot chocolate:) Blessings to you and your family!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Friends! How was your Christmas?\u00a0 We had a great one celebrating the Birth of our Savior Jesus Christ! Christmas eve, we attended our Church service, then had Chinese food. Christmas morning we had breakfast together, my Hubs prepared Pop Overs! We try to keep breakfast simple because we know we&#8217;ll be snacking all day! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/?p=9868\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Christmas 2018!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebrations","category-homemaker","category-weekend-fun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9868"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9896,"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9868\/revisions\/9896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}