Christmas! Part one

Santa visited us and was very nice to us this year! We were spoiled and got tons of goodies! It was so great to be able to spend it with Emmett and enjoy ourselves. We had a late morning and great food later... just the two of us. Emmett is super thoughtful with gift giving and actually remembers things I want so that made it wonderful too!

This was my first clue as to what I was getting!

Santa was super good to Emmett and brought him a PS3, which Santa was reluctant to give such a gift and an iPod shuffle to replace the broken one.

The big reveal of the RED KitchenAid!! Soooooo excited and love it!!!

Sadly it looks pink in this picture, but it really is cherry red.

Stay tuned for the next installment of Christmas! There is just so many pictures to share.

Epic snow of the year!

This was one of my favorite days of the year! I know I'm an odd duck liking the snow, but I do!! Can't change that! It was soo beautiful that day and I wish every day of winter was like this. We had 10inches in one day!

This guy looks good in snow, too.

The tree

I wanted to get Emmett a nice stocking this year that would last forever. I have had the same stocking since I was a baby, but I wanted to update mine before my other one fell a part, I found these lovelies at The Pottery Barn for a great price. They are made out of wool just like real stockings. We both love them. Since we are mantel-less, this is where they got hung. Emmett go the long white one.

Since I was so excited to put a tree up, we didn't get a real tree this year. I think it still looks great! I just miss the pine smell. We have three ornaments so we compensated with some candy canes and cranberry garland. I think our tree was a tree only we could love due to the lack of decor. There is a reason for that: I had a tradition growing up that each new place we went, we got an ornament for the tree. So my mom's tree has all the travelling memories on hers. Well I thought it would be great for E and I to do the same since we both love to travel! So we have 3 so far, but as we collect more, we will have some great memories!

Catch up!

I've been absent on the blog for the holidays. It was just too crazy to be on here so today I will start uploading it all! For my own memory, I going to put a little highlight of 2010.

2010 was a big or maybe just a bigger year. Well a lot seemed to happen, but I don't think I can remember half of it. Ha! Emmett and I began wedding planning, which I don't think I will ever want to do that again! Our families helped a bit, but for the most part we foot the bill and we were able to cover it all without any debt! We took a trip down to Flagstaff, Az where I have a lot of my family and had a blast, as always! We attempted some camping trips, but this year we will do better! We acquired a 2006 4Runner and a 2010 VW Jetta TDI. We love them both! We got married at Sawtooth Winery August 28. It was the coldest day of the summer. That's right, I swear it was 50 degrees in August! I'm still getting over my disappointment. The wedding went well and I had some of the best vendors that did beautiful stuff! The cake, flowers, and photography was fantastic!

We went to Vancouver, BC for the honeymoon. It was sooooo wonderful there! There are no words to describe it. Thanks to our honeymoon registry, we were able to go all out! It was great! I can't wait to go again! I had surgery on my left eye, a first, to reinforce my retina. I have mixed feelings about that. Glad it's tacked down, but one step closer to vision loss. E and I were able to have Christmas and New Years off together. We took full advantage of that since who knows when that will ever happen again! 2010 was one of the best years I've had! I can't wait to see how 2011 goes. We have some great stuff planned!