o christmas tree

this is our first year to get our own christmas tree! 

(i can't remember if we had one on eaton... so i'm thinking we didn't).

for one reason or another, we've never really had a chance/space to, 

and we're usually gone most of the holidays so it's not really worth it, 

but i really wanted one this year. 

we drove to a little tree lot, ivy picked one out, and they delivered it to our living room. 

gramma strung on the lights and ornaments when she was here. 

and ivy colored a little star to put on top. 

then she got really into ornaments, adding things here and there.

an angel she made in preschool, 

a red and green wreath from church, 

a pack of gift tags that she got from a saleslady at jcrew. 

i love it.
perfectly imperfect. 

so colorful and bright.

now if only i had anything to put under it!

whistler

  kevin whisked me away to vancouver for a long weekend for our anniversary 

and it was the loveliest time. 

 he told me just the night before where we were going, although i had a feeling.  

so gramma and cc came to stay with the kids, and we were off! 

i love the snow and mountains, especially this time of year. 

so beautiful and romantic. 

we spent two nights in vancouver

and two in whistler. 

kevin skied, 

i spa-ed (i just made that a verb)

we slept in,

and it was all such a treat.

what's better than sleeping in and waking up to snow covered mountains?

it was really nice just being on our own clocks

and having nothing to do.

it was beautiful, relaxing, quiet, slow. 

perfect for us.

maybe next year we'll pick up the pace :)

it was also soooo fun coming home to the kids 

who seemed 14 and 4. 

(how does that happen?)

ivy was so giddy to show me all the fun stuff she did and made. 

i know they had the best time.

 mom and cindy decked the halls

and had our house perfectly cozy and festive.

as well as a minor house-lift 

and total car clean-out.  

i can't thank you enough!

tis the season to be jolly!! 

happy 5!

this picture has potential.... if we were 8 feet closer. 

oh well, it looks like we are about to say our vows again, so it's kinda appropriate :)

five years!

it's hard for me to believe it's only been five. 

it's just hard to remember my life before kevin. 

we met when we were 15. 

so we've known each other for 13 years! 

that's crazy. 

i guess it's hard to separate our knowing each other from actually being married. 

plus it's been an eventful ride. 

2 countries, 3 states, 4 cities, 5 residences

plus 2 adorable children

 and a bazillion plane rides.

i'm glad it's only been five though-

we are still young

with hopefully a lot more to come.

i love him so very much.

i always knew i'd marry him.

i'm glad he came around and made me his wife.  

i'm the luckiest!

five things you probably didn't know about us:

1. we slept in a double bed for 2 years, thinking it was a queen

2. we almost moved to idaho

3. we met at kevin's 16th birthday party, which i wasn't invited to

4. kevin has a pacemaker, i had a hearing aid, making us the oldest young couple :)

5. i can't think of any more! this is hard!  

happy anniversary us!