Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Christmas 2007

Alex and I celebrated our first Christmas together married! About 3 weeks prior to Christmas, we went a bought a 6-7ft Noble Fir Tree for our apartment and decorated it with red and silver ornaments, white lights, and a big red bow I made for the top. (You will see it in some pictures in the slideshow).

We woke up on Christmas morning to open gifts from each other. Alex bought me a Bull Horn for when I coach and some other little goodies... I got him a Messenger Bag Briefcase for him to take to work and school. We went over to my parents house to open gifts and stocking stuffers with them. We had lunch (Cornish Game Hens & Wild Rice) and then drove to L.A. to be with Alex's family. This year was especially nice because my brother flew in from North Carolina and Alex's brother & sister-in-law flew in from Maryland. Along with Alex's parents, brother, sister-in-law, and sister, we drove to Cayucos (just past Morro Bay) to spend time with Alex's grandparents and other family members.

Reflecting back on this Christmas, I am so grateful for our families who made it so easy to make accomodations to split Christmas and do things a little differently now that we are married. We were able to spend time praying and thanking God for the birth of His Son, and praise Him for all His blessings this year of 2007!


3 comments:

Ricci said...

Yeah for updates! I had almost stopped checking up on you guys! Happy B-day and Hpaay New Year! Looks like you guys are loving life as a married couple!

Sheyb said...

How fun! Glad you're first Christmas together was one to remember! Looking forward to MORE updates!! :)

Rebecca Millsap said...

Wow! Your holidays sounded busy! Robby and I did that too, going back and forth between families, and finally decided ONE set of family gets Thanksgiving and ONE set of family gets Christmas! Too tough driving the kids around so much! (our families live out of town though too)!

thanks for sharing your pics too! Sorry I haven't commented sooner :) Keep the new posts comin ;)