Christmas Joy

Merry & Bright

Anna and I love doing our holiday card.
This year we actually received an email response from a neighbor who also loves holiday cards. See below:

45 cards received to date and hands down yours takes my coveted award!
Have a wonderful Christmas and congrats on the card!
Sara

I have to say, this made me :)!
So, may your holiday be merry and bright, and may 2010 be full of all good things!!

New Pantry/Entryway

They are still unfinished, but here is a glimpse of the new spaces....oh, and with boys. If you click on the photo you can see a great close up of these silly boys!

Traditions

Each year we go out and cut a tree for the holiday. Some years it has been in the back woods of friends' houses and lately we've been going to a tree farm. This year, Anders picked the tree. We wanted one spacious enough to put our birds nests in and he found it so quickly. We have about a dozen birds nests that we have collected and we place them on the tree along with a whole bunch of feathered birds. Anders and Kuba both decorated this year and it was so amazing to watch them chatting and talking to the birds and deciding where they would go. Luckily, we've been able to capture the last 4 years with photo's. It's fun to look back and remember. And it's amazing to see how quickly time flies.
Today I am feeling very grateful for a wonderful tradition like this one.
2009
Anders and Kuba
2008
Anders, Kuba, Anna, and Judy
2007
Anders and Anna (Kuba was in the baby bjorn on me and I was taking the photo...)
2006
Judy, Anders and Anna-pre-Kuba.