Hello! How was your December 25th? Mine was pretty low key because we did presents on Christmas Eve. Ben and I ate lunch out on the patio and just relaxed the day away
Is it sad I hid my favorite See’s Candy to enjoy after lunch? Pleasesaynopleasesayno.
Ben wanted a bite, but not even a big man with a bat could part me from my favorite candy.
Kidding. We had the bat because Ben is trying to make a pinata for his nephew’s birthday tomorrow.
Since I’m the token Mexican I was asked to try it out to see if it was legit. 
My attempt to break it was pathetic, but that’s because:
– Ben turned me around a bunch before the camera was rolling
– I knew he filled the box with rocks and balls – NOT candy. And I thought it was going to fall on me.
Christmas dinner was pretty awesome because it included a big sweet potato…
And, I was in charge of cutting and passing out the cake.
I cut everyone a piece…
and saved the rest for myself. Isn’t there a rule that the cake cutter gets to pick the biggest piece? Well, that’s the rule I go by.
After dinner we went to Jon’s (Ben’s brother) place to hang out. They had a bon fire and played beer pong because it’s Christmas. Actually, this is just what they do every night.
I suggested we play wine pong because Jesus was a bigger fan of wine than beer, but was vetoed. I don’t know what’s going on here, but the night got a lot rowdier than I expected. Let’s leave it at that 
Actually, I was going to skip this entire portion of the evening to continue the façade that I’m a classy lady, but Jon made the biggest deal about me taking a picture of my girly Mojito to put on the blog. So here it is: 
This morning I was woken up by Ben who was a little confused about the day/time/location and I decided to GTFO and run. I ran to the beach and Ben offered to meet me there for a post-run walk.
The water is cold.
I ran 4.5 miles FAST (for me) – 2 of them were 7:58ish! Thank you flat Florida!!! But, I was sweating like it was July in California 
We stopped at Dunkin Donuts on the way home That almost makes up for the super humid, sweaty run. Almost. 
Okay, I think plans for the day include grocery shopping with Ben’s mom – we both love it a little too much And a movie.
Have a good one!
I fully support the theory that the cake cutter gets the most cake.
And every time i read your posts i want to run to dunkin donuts and try an iced coffee from there lol.
I always felt so dumb trying to hit a pinata. It’s basically a game where they blindfold you, tell you to get a task done, and then laugh at you because you can’t because you’re BLINDFOLDED. Ahh the joys of family.
The video is hilarious! Sounds like an awesome Christmas 😀 Florida is way too hot right now!
LOL – love the piñata 🙂 That beach looks amazing right now. Have fun, Monica!
What’s your favorite type of See’s candy? I love the Bordeaux (the kind with the sprinkles on top)! Tasty delicious!!
I don’t know what it’s called – it’s in the Nuts & Chews box, dark chocolate with nougat and almonds. Love love love.
Looks like an awesome day! And heck YES the cake cutter always gets the biggest piece. Always.
Looks like a great day!!! Merry Christmas 🙂
Wine pong! Now that is a good idea. 🙂 Glad you are enjoying this time with your family.
LOL your christmas looks awesome. we had a piñata at our christmas too! it actually had candy though…. 😉
food shopping > clothes shopping for sure. I’m running on the beach in socal today. The weather here is so nice! Love living here 🙂
I miss home 🙂
oh the video was so funny! You are a good sport..Ben is lucky!
I am going to have to go back and watch the video. I think it is fun that you got to run on the beach. I FINALLY got on the dreadmill and finished two miles. See I didn’t say run..lol..but I did finish the 2 in 22:49, which is fast for me, esp since I walked 4 minutes of my “run”. 😉 My kid is making me cranky, so I just put him in front of the tv in my bedroom and put Cars 2 on. I should go in and take a nap while he watches it. OR maybe I should make some iced coffee. BTW starbucks (or starbucks.com) has the cold holiday tumblers 50% off!! I stopped and bought myself a venti size..now I have two for my coffee addiction
hahahah LOVE the video!!! so funny. Arent those girly drinks the best? 🙂 Nice job on the run!!! YOu rock sweat and alL!