Thanksgiving and Christmas was spent with our families. Sadly, I didn't take many pictures because we were too busy having fun with them!
Thanksgiving was spent with my family in Utah. I had not seen them since my wedding festivities in January so this was a great time to catch up and find out what's been going on back home. It was wonderful to spend time with my family and visit with friends. I do miss you all but thank goodness for technology! Phones and the internet make the distance much easier to handle.
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| Courtesy of my wonderful friend Ashley - thanks Ash!! |
Christmas we spent in Missouri with Mark's family. I love getting together with all of the nieces and nephews. They are all around the same age and are such good friends. It is such fun to watch them all play together! Kinda jealous. Mark's parents got us a Christmas tree and a slew of beautiful ornaments to decorate it with. I can't wait until I get to play with all of it next year! (They also got us an electric blanket and it is the most wonderful thing
ever. There is nothing better than getting into a nice warm bed when
everything around you is COLD.) This year because our apartment needed a little more Christmas cheer to go along with our stockings and stocking holders , I decorated a little 3' tree. I made some of the ornaments and, overall, I was quite happy with how it all turned out. Thank you Pinterest for the inspiration.
We had a gift exchange between families and we had the Funks. We watched the kids so that Abe and Emily could go on a date together and we made the kids their own little craft easels. I hope they have as much fun using them as I had making them. (Thanks Pinterest....again...)
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| Ok...Maybe Miss Hannah had more fun with my shoes... |
