Christmas 2010

I can't believe Christmas has come and gone already. I am sad to see this season go - it really is my favorite time of year. Before we left town to go visit family, we opened gifts from my parents that they had brought to us on a trip into town.

Lucye tried to get in the picture with us in front of the Christmas tree

Our new stockings plus stockings for our future children as well..yay!

New jeans for Jason

We got some other awesome things but I forgot to get pics of them =/. We spent Christmas with Jason's mom's side of the family and we had a great time. There was lots of eating, lots of talking, and lots of laughing. So much fun was had that I forgot to take pics except for the little ones opening Christmas gifts!

They both got huge cloth fairy tale books and they kept lying on them and saying "night, night". It was so cute.

Braden enjoyed the train set that we got him

I'm pretty sure that Karis liked the clothes we got her but she was really enjoying sitting in the box that the clothes came in a lot more =)

I did get a picture of the new painting my in-laws got us for Christmas. I love it. I'm excited to put on our mantle in a our new apartment. Just a few more weeks!

It was so much fun to spend time with family on Christmas. But more importantly it was wonderful to remember and celebrate the real reason for Christmas - that God sent his son into this world to die for our sins once and for all - to give us hope in a world full of despair. I am so thankful for that gift. Merry Christmas!

"Wild" Night

So Jason and I woke up in the middle of the night to go and see the lunar eclipse. We live on the "wild" side. I mean we never do anything past midnight because we are both tired by 9:00 (where did my college body go?) I'm amazed that I even heard my alarm let alone jump up ready to go like it was Christmas morning. Even Jason was fairly awake. We went outside around 1:30 to look up in the sky at the moon or lack thereof. It was very pretty and cool. I was going to take pictures of the awesome event and document that we were actually up that late BUT as I tried to take pics I realized that my camera's battery was dead and would not allow me to take pics at all.

EPIC FAIL!!

Oh well. It was fun and my mental picture of it will have to work =/.

One month

One month ago today, our lives were changed forever.

One month ago today, Jason and I lost our baby we had loved for 12 weeks from the time I had found out I was pregnant.

One month ago today, the sorrow we felt was indescribable.

One month ago today, God was good and did good.

One month later, we miss our little baby every day

One month later, our sadness is very great but we know that our suffering is for our greater good, and His greater glory.

One month later, God's presence has been very near in our suffering and gives me hope in this time of darkness that still continues.

One month later, our God is GOOD and does good. Even on the bad days, I will rejoice in Him because He has been good to me.

Christmas Tour 2010

I am posting this very late, but today The Nester and Kelly's Korner are hosting a Christmas Tour of Homes. Hop on over to one of their blogs to check out other people's decorating styles. I always like to see other ideas to decorate for next year (and somewhere my husband groans because I have to do more shopping..haha)

I will admit that I am not completely done with decorating for the holidays but you can still see what I have so far.

Front door

Near our front door and where we place all our fun Christmas cards

Nativity scene minus the three wise men

The moose sings We wish you a Merry Christmas and in the background you can see the three wise men. Am I the only one that separates the three wise men from the nativity scene? Am I the only that is anal? Anyone?

The beautiful Christmas tree

Hope you have a MERRY CHRISTMAS and may God bless your new year!

Christmas Favorites: Movies

Every year I look forward to the all the Christmas movies that come on TV (some old, some new) especially the 25 days of Christmas on ABC family. Who knew Harry Potter was Christmas-y but I'll take it. I thought I would share some my all time favorite movies that just make the Christmas season a little more fun.

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I absolutely love this movie and would be lying if I said I didn't watch this movie year round. Kate Winslet is one of my favorite actresses and Jack Black is great in this movie. Plus - part of it is set in London - how can you go wrong with that?

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I watch this movie every year while I put up my Christmas tree. I absolutely love it.

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Santa's coming! I know him! I know him!...I like smiling. Smiling is my favorite. This movie makes me laugh. Every. Single. Time.

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This probably isn't a Christmas movie but I count it as one. The scene where she sings Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is one of my favorites.

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Classic. Every time the general walks in and sees his old division on Christmas Eve I get a little teary eyed.

What movies put you in the Christmas mood?

Wishful Wednesday

It's December 1st which means I have been thinking of all the things I would love for Christmas if I had no budget = ). As I have been browsing the internet I've stumbled upon these beauties:

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Things I love about this: its purple, its huge, its coach, and it would look absolutely beautiful on my shoulder

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What's not to love about an Ipad? I could read books on it and it would look lovely in my coach purse.

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Because everyone needs rainboots and if you are going to have them, you might as well have some amazing ones from Burberry, right?

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I think baking would take on a more heavenly experience if I had one of these.

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One day I would love for one of our families to say no presents this year, we are going to New York City. The tree, the ice skating, the broadway, the snow, the today show - New York screams at me daily to come and visit it. Someday New York, someday. And if I had all these things, I could bake some wonderful yummies to take on the trip and then I could wear my wonderful rainboots while carrying my beautiful purse while using my Ipad to look up things to do while in NYC. Yep that would be perfection.

What do you secretly wish for?

ICE!!

We had Thanksgiving at our house this year and while the whole family was here, we decided we would go to the ICE exhibit at the Gaylord. Jason and I have never been and we thought it would be fun to take the whole family. This year the theme was the Peanuts characters. I have always loved them - I mean how could you not love Charlie Brown and the whole gang? We had so much fun and we made great memories with the fam!

Waiting in line to go into the exhibit. Doesn't it look so Christmas-y!?!

All decked out ready to go to ICE!

Getting advice from Lucy!!! She is probably one of my favorites. I especially liked it when she would lean on Shroeder's piano to get him to pay attention to her.

Good ol' Charlie Brown

They had the nativity scene at the very end of the exhibit which I was kind of surprised by but all the same excited

It was a great way to start off the Christmas season. I love the holidays!