I have lovely people in my life - friends who knit me scarves and a husband who designed/organized my recipes into a recipe box (quite the upgrade from my haphazard scraps of paper!).

(Note about the recipe box: We had been talking about doing this since we saw Angela's lovely recipe folder. So even though we had agreed on no presents this Christmas, Mike sneakily bought this vintage recipe box off of ebay and designed me recipe cards. How's a girl supposed to compete with that?!)

I think this was my happiest New Years Eve ever. We always seem to be scrambling last minute for plans, so this year we decided to host a party. Sparkly decorations, tasty food, and 40+ of our friends crammed into our 700 square foot abode - it really doesn't get any better. We toasted Prosecco as the clock struck twelve and then threw on our favourite song of the New Year. It felt like we were in a movie. (When I tried to play the beautiful ballad a second time, people told me the song was 'boring' - a swift reality check, haha!).

Our wedding was recently featured in a local wedding magazine. It was quite a thrill to see our favourite day ever so prominently displayed. It's also been kind of fun to run into people who have read it!

You can read the full article here.

See our wedding posts here.

A little Christmas video.

We've had fun wrapping up the presents this year. We've also been loving turkey dinners with family (1 down, 2 two go!), reading for pleasure, watching Modern Family, and playing around with our new tablet. Oh, I love the holidays.

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all of you out there. Thank you for reading and always writing us such nice notes. I love this little blog more than I can say.

*Mini wreath idea from here.
*Chalkboard idea from here.

Life has been incredibly busy lately. Coming home everyday to this Christmas-y home improves my quality of life greatly. Especially when Mike sets the timer on the Christmas tree lights to turn on exactly when I get home from school. He's a good man!

See our tree last year here.

This past weekend, our dear friends, the Aysons, had their Fourth Annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party. Each year, the sweaters get uglier, the treats get tastier, and the company gets sweeter.

In fact, it was two years ago at the Ugly Christmas Sweater Party that Mike and I had our first real conversation! At last years party, he was my boyfriend. And this year, he was my husband!

We obviously owe the Aysons big time.

See last years photos here.
See photos from the first year here & here.