Merry Merry

new pajamas on christmas eve

our traditional chinese take-out for christmas eve dinner
(started the first year we were married when i didn't know what to make for christmas eve dinner...)

matthew in action on christmas morning (my mom made that awesome snake)

We had a wonderful little Christmas together. Lots of family time, homemade presents, treats, packages in the mail, toys, wrapping paper, movies, and smiles. It is amazing how fast it comes and goes! Hope you all had a merry merry Christmas!

Christmas Storm

Did you hear about the winter storm warning for the east coast? We got about 8 inches or so out of it. Church is canceled today and everyone is busy plowing and shoveling. As Matthew watched Joseph shovel the sidewalk outside he said "Thanks for cutting the snow ground, Daddy."

This is actually Matthew's first time really playing in the snow and he loved it! Thankfully Joseph will be home for the next couple of weeks so he can play outside with him. I usually find any excuse I can to not touch the snow all winter!

But this sure does help it feel a little more like Christmas!

Holidays

We are grateful for good friends that make it a little easier to be far away from home and family during the holidays.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with a great group of friends and lots of delicious food. Now we're looking forward to a relaxing Christmas holiday with a couple weeks off school and our own little family traditions.

Happy December and Happy Holidays!

Our Home: Kitchen

There wasn't much we could do in here, but I did get our shelves organized and we made a pegboard to hold our keys, pens, paper, and calendar.

I'm loving making our apartment feel more like our own!

Next task: getting the office/guest bedroom ready for our visitors in 10 days!