Christmas & A Wedding

It's been a delightful couple of weeks! We had Christmas with our families and enjoyed the wedding of a certain red-haired boy and a little sister.

Some pictoral highlights:

All the family in town means LOTS of presents under the tree!

I am the proud new owner of this red beauty! Thanks Papa! I can hardly wait to get it home!

Christmas Eve serenade by the other Michael Buble:

Cute posin' nephew:

Stockings at the in-laws: I aspired to get my initials on a certain son's stocking.... I get excited every time I see them!

My brother in law Cam surprised us all with his cello playing skills! Seems he's been practicing for a few months without anyone knowing. He taught himself using videos on YouTube!! He did a fantastic job!

Handsome Christmas morning Hubby:

Watched them:

Now, on to the wedding!

The GORGEOUS cake:

The Bride & Groom:

Dancing with Daddy:

The Getaway:

The car was hidden over two blocks away, but apparently the bridesmaids drove around for a long time to find it!

My camera batteries were unfortunately DOA at the temple in the morning - a fact that I am very sad about. It was a cold but perfectly lovely day. Everyone had a great time! As soon as I borrow some pictures from others in my family, I will post some more. Holly's bouquet was absolutely stunning.

Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year!

{Dear Santa}

I want these cake pans from Williams-Sonoma:

I've been a really good girl this year...promise!

Once there was a snowman...

Twas' the week before finals and all through the land,

college students were studying the books in their hand.

"We're tired!" they cried, with a great pouty shout,

"We've been studying for months, and we're all studied out!

It's snowing outside and we want to go play!

Couldn't you please make these tests go away?"


But the tests would not go and the studying could not stop.

What's a student to do when their brains want to pop?

Why, they look for distraction, for fun and a rest,

they look for an Indian who just is not dressed.


"It just isn't right!" they say with a grin,

"He must be so cold in naught but his skin!

We must dress him in layers to keep out the cold,

Here's snow on the ground, let's make him look bold!"


So the students got busy and packed him up tight.

and the Indian didn't put up much of a fight.

The next morning as students poured into the school,

they noticed that something looked pretty dang COOL!

Why, Frosty had come to visit them all!

Hip Hip Hooray! HE'S 15 FEET TALL?!

THE END

HTML Madness!

My html knowledge has increased about 500%. Thanks to Suzanne Hart and Matie Kay for instructions and examples, Shabby Princess for free digital paper, and to me for totally messing up my blog and then figuring out what I can and cannot do. I feel like a blogging wizard! I also highly recommend right clicking on blogs that you like and viewing their source code for more hints and tricks. Alas, I deleted my "widgets" on the side in the process, but I saved them in a word document before I started playing. I'll probably add them again tomorrow.

And I also recommend playing with your blog when you don't have a mountain of homework to do. :)

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Cute Craft!

I dropped by the housing office this afternoon to pick up my Mister's ID card (that he left there this morning), and I found the coolest snowflakes I have ever seen hanging from the ceiling!

They are 3D snowflakes! Isn't that cool??

I looked up the instructions (printed in our December newsletter), sat here for an hour and gleefully made 3D snowflakes to hang from my ceiling. I love them! I wanted to post a picture of my snowflakes, but the batteries in my camera are out of juice, so maybe tomorrow. In the mean time here is a stock photo. I am going to the local craft store tomorrow to buy silver spray glitter to really dress them up.

Welcome Braxton!

Congratulations to Sarah and Justin! They welcomed Braxton Noble (a handsome baby boy) at 5:32 am on Tuesday. I hope he doesn't make a habit of arising so early for Sarah's sake. :)

Doesn't Sarah look *beautiful* for just giving birth to her first baby??

We love you! Cant' wait to see you!