Thursday, December 31, 2009

Mysteriously, about a year ago, a catalogue started coming to me in the mail.
Hammacher Schlemmer.

It is the coolest magazine ever! I thought I'd share the link for anyone who hasn't already experienced it.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Family Pictures

We were all together this weekend for the first time since "we" became the "we" that we are now. (Laura was on her mission when Steve and I got married, and Steve and I weren't dating before Laura left)




Wedding Pictures!


I finally have all of my wedding pictures! We had two photographers at the wedding (Galen Burrows and Rachael McLean) and we just got the last of the pictures.

I shall post some of my favourites:






Wednesday, December 23, 2009

What I love about Christmas at home

Other than the obvious 'family, friends, food', the following pictures are things I especially love about Christmas at home:

Home made ornaments and crafts!

Mom's Christmas Eve Chinese Food Buffet!
(These pictures were taken after the Buffet. This year it was not on Christmas Eve, but on the 22nd. There were 12 of us this year.)


Super cute presents!
I love to wrap presents and I especially enjoy making them almost as much fun to look at as they are to open :)

Decorating the house and the tree!
Every year is the same: Dad and I pick out the tree and bring it home. Mom and Dad and I (and whoever else is home at the time) put it up and make sure it's straight, centered in the window, and turned the right way. This usually results in some frustration and yelling. Everyone gets annoyed with the tree, so Mom and I are left to decorate it. We both put the lights (1,800 of them!) and the garland on together, then Mom puts all the ornaments on hangers and I put them on the tree. This year, the tree fell over a couple of days after we decorated it, so you may notice some spots where the lights and decorations are a bit off.

The thing I'm most excited about this Christmas is that Steve is here with me!
This is our most successful attempt at getting a picture by the tree (so far). I still don't consider it our "official" 1st Christmas picture, but it's fine for now :)

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Our First Christmas


We've been married for almost 4 months so this is our first Christmas together!
We're currently living in Stirling, Alberta (a tiny town next to Lethbridge, AB) but we are spending Christmas in Nova Scotia with my family. I have been attempting to take some "first Christmas" pictures of us by the tree, but some people aren't as excited about photography as I am (Steve). I'll get some eventually!
The next post will be pictures of all the things I love about Christmas at home!