{"id":2813,"date":"2014-12-23T14:19:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T19:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/?p=2813"},"modified":"2014-12-23T14:22:20","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T19:22:20","slug":"the-eve-of-eves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/2014\/12\/the-eve-of-eves\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eve of Eves &#8211; Ottawa photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>T\u2019is the eve of Christmas eve.\u00a0 The house is clean\u2026for the moment.\u00a0 Gifts are wrapped.\u00a0 Guests are on their way.\u00a0 And my goal is to not have to enter any sort of shopping establishment for the next few days.\u00a0 That is my hope anyways!!<\/p>\n<p>One of my favourite things to do in getting ready for the holidays, is a little Christmas crafting.\u00a0 And the kids just like getting dirty\u2026so it\u2019s a win win!\u00a0 Haha!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Christmas-crafting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto; border: 0px;\" title=\"Christmas crafting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Christmas-crafting_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas crafting\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is no secret that I have a small obsession with Bath and Bodyworks.\u00a0 I seriously get lost in that store just smelling all the new scents.\u00a0 And the holidays is the WORST for me in trying to pick out what I want my house to smell like.\u00a0 I went in with ONE item on my list; an air freshener.\u00a0 I knew which one I wanted and everything.\u00a0 And then\u2026..I spotted something new.\u00a0\u00a0 A light up one!!\u00a0 And it\u2019s oh so cute!!\u00a0 Plus, smells pretty nice too. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" src=\"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/wlEmoticon-smile1.png\" alt=\"Smile\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Christmas-scent.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto; border: 0px;\" title=\"Christmas scent\" src=\"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Christmas-scent_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas scent\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>December is the time for those holiday tunes!\u00a0 I love listening to the old classics\u2026as well as discovering new ones.\u00a0 This particular song by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HgsrItm-PmQ\" target=\"_blank\">Echosmith<\/a> is my absolute FAVOURITE song this season.\u00a0 If you have not heard it\u2026please do.\u00a0 It\u2019s awesome! <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile\" src=\"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile.png\" alt=\"Winking smile\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Christmas-music.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto; border: 0px;\" title=\"Christmas music\" src=\"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Christmas-music_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas music\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And of course, it would not be Christmas, without our annual Gingerbread house.\u00a0 This year was especially difficult for me\u2026as I like to sort of \u201cguide\u201d the kids into how it should be done.\u00a0 Haha!\u00a0 But I let them go to it all on their own this year.\u00a0 My favourite was the \u201cicicle of death\u201d that had to go over the front door.\u00a0 Mimicking one we had above our own door for a few days this winter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerbread-house.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto; border: 0px;\" title=\"Gingerbread house\" src=\"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerbread-house_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Gingerbread house\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Holiday movies!!\u00a0 Can\u2019t forget those!!\u00a0 Although, there are so many good ones, it\u2019s hard to fit them all in!\u00a0 But one we NEVER miss out on is Merry Christmas Mr. Bean.\u00a0 It\u2019s still funny EVERY time I watch it.\u00a0 Every. Single. Time. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" src=\"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/wlEmoticon-smile1.png\" alt=\"Smile\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MrBean.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto; border: 0px;\" title=\"MrBean\" src=\"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MrBean_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"MrBean\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And\u2026.the Christmas baking.\u00a0 Which I am not very good at, I admit.\u00a0 But this year I decided to give the kids the job putting together the cookies and dainties for our various get-togethers.\u00a0 And it seemed to work.\u00a0 Everything worked on the first try!\u00a0 That has NEVER happened.\u00a0 And the smoke alarm was not set off either!!\u00a0 Haha!\u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" src=\"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/wlEmoticon-smile1.png\" alt=\"Smile\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Christmas-treats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto; border: 0px;\" title=\"Christmas treats\" src=\"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Christmas-treats_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas treats\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well\u2026it has been such a wonderful year.\u00a0 Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and I hope to see you in 2015! <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" src=\"http:\/\/www.k-photo.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/wlEmoticon-smile1.png\" alt=\"Smile\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #23ba12; font-family: Saginaw; font-size: xx-large;\">&#8211; Kim<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T\u2019is the eve of Christmas eve.\u00a0 The house is clean\u2026for the moment.\u00a0 Gifts are wrapped.\u00a0 Guests are on their way.\u00a0 And my goal is to not have to enter any sort of shopping establishment for the next few days.\u00a0 That is my hope anyways!! 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