wedding bliss

On Christmas Eve morning, 

this sweet girl married this wonderful guy.

The ceremony was lovely - full of tender

love, sweet gazes, a few laughs - and all bathed

in bright morning sunshine.  Perfection!

The pretty handmade background made for

fun group & couple pictures.  (totally dorky

but fun...admit it, you've done it too!)

The reception was cozy - like going to a happy 

family gathering.  And while the food was amazing 

(best french toast of my life), their cake took 

the prize for most fun food at this party.  

 

Who doesn't love pancakes!?

Happy marriage, my friends!  We're so happy 

for you, and can't wait to see what 

wonderful things married life holds for you!

christmas

 

My first Christmas as a married lady was lovely!

We spent a couple of wonderfully low-key days

up in Maine with my family, and did plenty of 

laughing, eating, and relaxing. So happy!  :)

Oh, and we took about a million pictures...

...of everything!  

I hope your Christmas was equally wonderful!

things to be happy about

1.  My husband.

He's handsome, makes me laugh 

with his silly faces, and this year we 

get to enjoy Christmas together!

2.  Today's wedding.

This sweet girl get to marry her best 

friend today, and we get to celebrate 

with them! Congratulations, we love you.

(And welcome to the married club!)

3.  Family time.

We head to ME this afternoon for

a couple days with my sweet family.

I'm looking forward to lots of relaxing 

& yummy Christmas food!

4.  Wise words.

I've been spending time in the verses

from this post, and am grateful that

the Word is so applicable to my life.

5.  We're planning a get-away.

And it will be warm and glorious.

(more details soon!)

6.  Christmas!!!

Wishing you and yours a most

wonderful day full of family,

love & faith!

stockings

It's our first Christmas as married peoples,

so we're having a blast enjoying lots of cheesy

firsts.  Last night - first Christmas stockings!  

(Yes, we know it's early still, but we'll be

traveling on Christmas.  Plus it was 

fun to cheat & open them early!)

Just to show off how well he knows me,

the hubs put spools of fancy ribbon

in my stocking...amazing!   

Hurray for fun new traditions.  :)

celebrations

We spent the weekend celebrating Christmas with

all sorts of family, and it was wonderful.  One of the

coolest things about being married is having double

the family...and double the family gatherings!  

Despite all of the Christmas parties & dinners 

in the last couple of weeks, I'm still having a hard 

time believing that Christmas is SO close.  It seems

like it's come so quickly this year!  

 

How about you?

Are you ready?  Excited?

anticipation

We just got tickets to see Coldplay,

and are ridiculously excited!

Hurray for good concerts!

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some wise words

Really loving this reminder today...

(and in such a pretty presentation, too!)

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if you're a dork like me...

 ...this might just make your day.

Happy Thursday to the HP lovers

out there!  (And to those just putting

up with my randomness...)

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diy polaroid magnets

Right after moving into our cute apartment,

I made a whole bunch of these sweet little 

magnets to decorate our blank fridge.  

Since everyone who walks through my kitchen 

stops to look at them, I figured I should post 

about them!  (Plus - they still make me smile 

every time I open the fridge...aka all the time.)

I was initially inspired by a photo on pinterest, 

loosely followed these directions here, 

but did plenty of improvising along the way...

...like skipping the download and heading over 

to picnik to stick my photos into their free

polaroid frame.  (Plus free editing, yippie!)

...or gluing my photos to white foam-core

scraps so that I wouldn't have to color

the edges.  (total laziness)

I'd love to know if you've made any 

for your fridge!  (Or as cute little stocking

stuffers perhaps??)  How did you cheat

to make it easier / cheaper?  :)

christmas spirit

Are you feeling jolly yet?  After wrapping a whole

lot of presents this morning and listening to 

some of my favorite Christmas music, I'm feeling

quite festive today.  And good thing too, since we

have our first Christmas party tonight!  

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warm & fuzzy

 Have you seen this sweet post?  These two 

kiddos enthusiastically send their Dad off 

every morning with lots of kisses and hugs 

- and it's adorable.  (Watch the video 

to totally melt your heart.)

Did you ever do happy things like this?

I vividly remember standing on my tiptoes

(on the heater!) so that I could see out 

the window in the living room and wave

goodbye to my Daddy every morning. 

I felt so loved knowing that he cherished

our crazy antics in the front window,

and got so excited when he would honk

the truck horn and wave back at us.   It was 

a happy tradition in our house for years, 

and even now I still wave and blow kisses

to my family when they drive away after

a visit.  Old habits die hard.  :)

*found via Cup of Jo

a little reminder

Something worth thinking about,

especially in this season of stuff...

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yep.

 

Now that's true love.

(And I couldn't agree more.)

 

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turkey soup magic.

Thanks to Inbetweenus (a little made up holiday we

like to celebrate each year with our friends), there was

some leftover turkey lurking in my fridge.  So yesterday 

morning I pulled it out, tossed it in the crockpot with 

whatever veggies I could find, and left for work.  

 

Now is it just me, or do crockpots seem like magic?  

Because when I came home, my entire house

smelled amazing, and there was a delicious soup

ready for dinner.  Ready.  As in sit down at the table

two minutes after walking in the door ready.  

 

It's magic, I'm telling you.  

 

 

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it's pretty accurate...

I've had this card saved as a favorite on

Etsy forever because it's pretty much

dead on.  There are definitely days when I

spend more time daydreaming about hubs

than doing the things I should be!

And yes, I know that's totally dorky

and lame.  I'm ok with it.  :)

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oh christmas tree...

Anyone else love just sitting and looking

at the Christmas tree?  Ever since we put our

tree up, I've been content to turn off all the

lights and just go sit in front of the tree.  

 

I love all of the sparkly lights and mysterious

reflections. I love how the tree gets blurry 

when I squint my eyes. I love looking at 

the delicate ornaments and remembering the 

sweet family & friends they came from.

It's these little joys that make Christmas

so special, don't you think?