Happy Holidays!

Joe and I just got back from Michigan. We were fortunate enough to spend the holidays with our respective families and are now settled back into our own home. We're currently getting ready for a New Year's Eve, extra sparkly wedding. It should be a great night -- hopefully with some good pictures to share later!

I haven't had much time to unload pictures what with our Christmas travels, so here's a compilation of our holidays, starting with cutting down our Christmas tree (without any snow!!!) and ending with my parent's Christmas tree. Happy New Year!

Oh Christmas Tree!

Finally! I picture of our tree! I've been so busy lately I haven't had much time to snap photos or post them, but here's a pretty decent one of our tree. It's rather large, so it's hard to get it all in the photo at once.

We're packing up at the moment, ready to head to Michigan for the holidays. I couldn't be more ready for a break and I'm so thankful that I have an entire week to spend with my family and friends. Now if only I didn't have to go to work tomorrow... I suppose I shouldn't be greedy!

Let It Snow

There is officially snow on the ground. Yay! While it didn't snow until after we got our Christmas tree home and in house, but I'll take what I can get. At least I was able to decorate while looking out the window at the snow! Our tree is a bit too large for our little house, but Joe picked it out, so I can't be held responsible! Plus I love that it's just big enough to draw all the attention! I'll post some pictures soon!

Just a little note about my "top secret" work project, I'm seeing my hard work get to use! Not quite in the way I expected, but it's still gratifying as a young designer to see your work put to good use in the real world. Hopefully I'll be able to divulge all the of the info soon.

To finish off, here's a few photos by Fred Lebain that I found recently. I enjoy thinking of them as a way of documenting the passage of time, something I find particularly difficult to capture in my own work.

Updates...

I forgot I had these pictures of Joe with his sandwich cake...so fun!







While I'm at it, here's another picture of our tree with all its decorations and our presents!