First Christmas Moments

Messiah singing

best gift ever

presents

cousins

Happy Christmas

Christmas Card Moments

Maybe if I had sent out Christmas cards this year, this is what you would have seen...

Much Love and Merry Christmas

from our little family, to yours!

Gingerbread Moments

This year, we had 3 opportunities to make gingerbread houses.

We tend to get multiple opportunities every year, which is pretty fun. We like to be creative and try new things.

A tree on the roof...why not?

And with all the years we have been doing this, we have never broken a house...until this year.

 Let's just say the timing was unfortunate as I turned to walk out the door and Tyler lifted his arm to wave goodbye. Honestly, it was almost just as much fun to break the house as it was to build it. I couldn't stop laughing about it.

Master Moments

Tyler successfully completed his MBA this month, and we couldn't be more excited. I am so proud of him for all the work and time he put into this program, all while still working full time. He does so much for us! To celebrate, he wanted to get a steak at one of our favorite places to eat: Maddox.
Congratulations, sweetheart!

Full Moments

Well, we survived our first holiday family-visiting marathon with a baby. I'll be honest, it was a little more exhausting than I expected it to be, but we still had a great day. We started off with the Human Race 5K, then Tyler filled our apartment with the amazing smell of sweet potatoes and brown sugar baking in the oven before we left to go eat and see our families.

Baby just wanted to eat his hands for Thanksgiving...

I think we've decided that Thanksgiving is pretty much our favorite holiday. It's possible that we are somewhat swayed by the food aspect of the day, because we definitely love food around here...But there is more to it than that. There is something about the simpleness of Thanksgiving that makes it so great. The focus of the day is getting full with delicious food and thinking about how your life is full of blessings, all while spending time with people that you love and care about. We decided we are just less stressed on Thanksgiving, and maybe that's because it is easier to enjoy the moments, the food, and the company, without worrying about gifts or anything like that.

This year, I am especially thankful for my own little family. I know every parent says this, but we can't believe how much our little guy is already changing and growing.
He is definitely a blessing in our lives!