Akemashite Omedetoo!

Well, the holidays came and went. Thought I'd share a few of the pics that I took on Christmas. Blane and I woke up Christmas morning and shared stockings with eachother. It was a special time to spend with my new husband :). Then we went to church where it just felt right to be praising God on the day that we celebrate His Son's birth. 

We had lunch at Blane's parent's house with his side of the family where I received my first gift from Remington and Riley, the family kitties :). Blane caught the Miami game (Welcome back NBA -___- Haha) while we opened gifts and hung out with his parents and brother. I enjoy being a part of my new family and I am blessed that they have accepted me as such too. 

Later in the afternoon Blane and I headed over to my parent's house where we had our annual gift opening tradition together. Every year my Dad reads the Christmas story out of Luke and we sing a carol or two and pray together before opening gifts. This year was the first year that Josh and Blane were there and it made it that much more special :). I'm glad we made the effort to continue the tradition despite having to push it back a few hours. Then the fun began, family and people from church began arriving and we had Christmas dinner, followed by fellowship, dessert and games. It was good times! 

I hope that your Christmas celebration was as rich as mine was. I love Christmas! 

Unfortunately, January has come full swing and with it the Christmas decorations have come down, the tree untrimmed and taken out. Sad face! Haha. It's nice to have a clean house though-my dear Blane spent six plus hours cleaning the house last Friday afternoon and it looks great! Thanks Love :)

Happy New Year to you and yours.

Here's to all that God is going to do in 2012!

Aim

*"Akemashite Omedetoo" is Japanese for "Happy New Year"