Christmas Decor 2011

I just finished our decorations for Christmas:

  tree details: lots of mesh, ribbon etc

 Jack Bauer's ornament!

 my handmade tree toppers:

 our mantel:

mantel details:

Breaking Dawn!

My husband is the best-- he accompanied me to the midnight release of Breaking Dawn. It.was.awesome.

I need to see it about a dozen more times before it leaves the theater!

I need an intervention

I'm officially addicted to pinterest!! It's truly a sickness. Now if I could just find the time to do the 5,000 things I've pinned!

(random thought-- I do think people should do a better job at citing sources for the things they pin. I've seen so many things I recognize from popular home improvement bloggers, with absolutely no documentation. That's not okay.)

Swoon

Last night was the premiere of Breaking Dawn and I watched the live stream of the red carpet. Yes, I'm a dork like that. Rob & Kristen did not disappoint-- they were both insanely gorgeous.

I already have our tickets to the midnight release of Breaking Dawn. Mike wins major brownie points for agreeing to go with me again!

Best Gift Ever!!!

Mike surprised me with the most amazing anniversary gift EVER!! He made a comic book of our relationship/wedding day!!!! I cried and was just so amazed at the time it took to put together. Seriously, the perfect gift from one nerd to another. I'm a lucky girl!! He had the book bound, like an actual comic book, but I'm posting the pictures of each page here:

5 Years!

Today is our fifth wedding anniversary! 

Happy anniversary to my favorite person in the whole wide world!

One of my favorite readings from our wedding still brings tears to my eyes:

Union
by Robert Fulghum

You have known each other from the first glance of acquaintance to this point of commitment. At some point, you decided to marry. From that moment of yes to this moment of yes, indeed, you have been making promises and agreements in an informal way. All those conversations that were held riding in a car or over a meal or during long walks - all those sentences that began with “When we’re married” and continued with “I will and you will and we will”- those late night talks that included “someday” and “somehow” and “maybe”- and all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart. All these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding. The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, “ You know all those things we’ve promised and hoped and dreamed- well, I meant it all, every word.” Look at one another and remember this moment in time. Before this moment you have been many things to one another- acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, and even teacher, for you have learned much from one another in these last few years. Now you shall say a few words that take you across a threshold of life, and things will never quite be the same between you. For after these vows, you shall say to the world, this- is my husband, this- is my wife.

she thinks she's a cat

I will admit that my blog is pretty much overran with pictures of Jack Bauer. He's my baby. But I thought I'd share the spotlight with some of our other furry kids-- Ellie & Marty McFly!
Even though Ellie has a huge comfy dog bed, she loves to sleep in poor Marty's bed! I swear Ellie thinks she's a cat-- which works out well for Marty since he's convinced he's a dog. I mean, he comes when he's called, loves to play fetch and tries to drink out of the toilet. Our kids are weird!