Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a season. And we’ve been busy. I’ve never understood the deriding of common Christmas traditions as being “too commercial” or inappropriate for one reason or another. After all, what better tradition in the season of remembering our Savior’s birth, than to gather with family and friends? And how blessed we must be to have so many families to gather around! First we were welcomed into the Smiths’ fresh new … Continue reading
Christmas round one is in the can. Jenny and I made our way over to her mother’s house with the twins for some dinner and some nice family time. The twins had a blast opening their first Christmas presents ever. Well, they had some help getting them unwrapped, but they did a lot of smiling on their own! When I unpacked the camera, expecting to take some quick shots with on camera ETTL + bounce … Continue reading
I am now a proud supporter of Amazon. I generally like to patronize small local businesses, but let’s face it, a lot of times I can’t even find what I’m looking for at local stores. Not even national or regional chains, which don’t really qualify as small businesses in my book. I don’t feel bad about skipping over Macy’s, Target or Sears. And when the mighty Ritz Camera fell to a shadow of it’s former … Continue reading
Jenn went for a girls’ night out so I did some more wrapping. I know it’s not what Christmas is all about, but gosh darnit sometimes it’s just fun to wrap gigantic presents in red foil wrapping paper! I’m lovin’ this Costco super roll of wrapping paper. It never runs out! We did an early Christmas at Jenny’s mom’s while her sister was in town visiting. Our nephew got a Lego Star Wars alarm clock. … Continue reading
At the request of many, Gift Idea Lists for Christmas 2010 are now up. You can find links in the side bar to your right, as well as the “Links” Section. Mine has been up for a while but Jenny’s is now up as well. And of course an early selection baby registry is up, though we plan to add more to it later.
Jenn and I enjoyed our trip to the Trans Siberian Orchestra on the 20th. After announcing the twins and singing happy birthday to Beth, we were off to the show. Though we are both fans (perhaps more me than her? Not sure, she’ll have to chime in haha!) neither of us had been to a concert. As a great leader once said, the “Time is Now,” as we won’t be enjoying lots of free time … Continue reading
Christmas Decorating This year Greg and I decided to get a fake tree. We were depressed about it for a couple of weeks yet Harvey loved playing in the box (watch the clip)! After it was all decorated we decided it looked okay. We also put up Christmas lights and put Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus in our front window. Christmas Eve Greg and I invited my mother, step-father, and friend Elaine over for … Continue reading
Yes, celebrationsss! This was the first Christmas in the 8 years that Greg and I have been together that we were able to celebrate with all 4 of our families. We started off the day before Christmas Eve with a Christmas lunch with my Grandma, Dad, and Aunt Jean. Then, Christmas Eve, Greg and I headed over to my Mom and Fred’s house where we ate dinner and opened gifts. Christmas morning we drove over … Continue reading
