'Tis The Season

Well, Christmas is upon us, and as I have said... I LOVE CHRISTMAS!

Our house is decorated; our tree is up; our presents are wrapped; our outfits are picked out; we are READY for Christmas:)

I'll tell you what we're NOT ready for...January 10th...School.

I've had a list of things that I wanted to do SINCE THE WEDDING that I just haven't gotten to because school is so demanding and overwhelming. Well, I've taken full advantage of these last couple of weeks off, and I've actually checked off a lot of things on my list. However, there are still a bunch of things I want to do before we go back...

10 TO DOs Before The 10th:

1. Finish this little snowman ornament that I have been working on for...oh 2 months.

2. Make Christmas cookies.

3. Order pictures from Great Expectations.

4. Get Remi fixed (poor baby!).

5. Finish my Engagement Photo Album.

6. Rearrange my house and post pictures of it here!

7. Organize my Christmas decorations and put them in storage.

8. Complete the homework assignment that I've ALREADY been assigned.

9. Start and POSSIBLY finish our 1st Christmas Scrapbook.

10. Enjoy an entire night of movies with my hubby!

It may seem a little stupid, but if I finish this list before the 10th...I will be one happy HAPPY girl! I'm lucky to be surrounded by such a great fan base...my family and friends are such great supporters of Brian and me, and I don't know how I would get through this 1st Christmas without them.

It's a given that this Christmas will be a little different than the past...

For the first time in 21 years, I will not wake up to my parents' grinning faces and the camcorder shoved into my eyes on Christmas morning.
For the first time in 21 years, I will not be able to go to my grandpa's Christmas due to other Christmas conflicts.
For the first time in 21 years, I will wake up on Christmas morning with a man!!!! ahhh!!!
For the first time in 21 years, I will go to Mama Pat's Christmas, and my dear Uncle Bobby won't be there to greet me.
For the first time in 21 years, I will be cooking for Mama Pat's Christmas because she's a little under the weather.
For the first time in 21 years, I will be given a "joint gift" with someone other than Morgan.
For the first and last time in 21 years, I will enjoy my FIRST Christmas with my husband, whom I love more than life.

As different as this Christmas may be...I am thrilled to spend time with my family and friends. What better way to spread love and cheer throughout the world than on Christmas day? I love you mom, dad, Morgan, Sarah, Marilyn, Benny, Mama Pat, Grandpa, Papa, all my aunts and uncles, cousins and cousins. I love you all! And though this Christmas may bring a tear and a smile, may we all have a blessed day full of the reason for the season.

From our family to yours,

Well, It Has Been A Whirlwind

Let's just say this past month (yes, it's been a month exactly since I've last posted) has been busy. Wait a minute! That's not giving it justice. This month has been busier than any month we've had so far, including the wedding!!! A lot has happened over these past 30ish days, so let's do a little catch up:

Well.....

1. Wall Brethren Chruch had their fall festival. I made 6 loaves of homemade bread and decorated them really cute (pictures will come later; I promise!)

2. Deer Season started, and with deer season came "dearless" season. I have to say goodbye to my dear about...oh 4-5 times a week:) fantastic!

3. On the subject of deer season, Brian and my dad, Brian...yeah, I know..that's confusing. Try living with both of them!! So Brian and Brian (husband and father) went to Turkey, Texas to hunt mule deer, and sure enough - they got one! Yay! It was huge!! If anyone is in desperate need of mule deer meat, let us know!


4. Thanksgiving rolled around, and we had our first go at trying to make all families happy by attending 2 Thanksgiving dinners in one (I repeat, one) day! All went well, except for the fact that I lost a big rhinestone off of the heels I was wearing.

5. Black Friday. Period.

6. I love to wrap presents; thus, I have bought and wrapped all the presents I have to wrap, and they are under our cute little Christmas tree. Here's a picture of it before I finished the presents:


7. Well, I guess we've made our way to finals week. Not much I can say about that week except that it was a very hard, stress-filled week, and we had several messes around the house that did NOT, i repeat did NOT, get cleaned up (don't you judge us! finals are hard). We both had our hard final on Wednesday; mine was at 7:45 am, and Brian's was at 10:30 am. Needless to say, I called him crying right before he walked into his exam because MINE was so hard - it was a tough week. We did make time to drink hot chocolate and a latte in front of the TV for about, ohh....1.3 hours. Overall, we did pretty good. We both made all As and maintained our 4.0s!
Well, I guess I did have a lot to say about that.
#7 explains why it has been a month since I last posted.

8. Brian left this morning to go fishing on the coast with his dad and uncles. He will have a good time; I will be miserable. Something is not right here. Oh well!

and 9. We are so excited to start our first Christmas traditions. I am currently in the process of making felt ornaments for our tree. Our house looks like Santa's workshop, and Brian has put up 2 sets of house lights...and counting. It's going to be a good Christmas, but we're ready for 2011. We're ready for a new year.

oh and one more. 10. Remi has learned a lot of tricks; he's one cute dog! He's in the process of learning to balance the treat on his nose until Brian says he can eat it! He's doing such a good job; we are such proud parents:)

ok I promise this is the last one. 11. Happy 4 month anniversary, hunny! I love you!

From our family to yours,