Happy Happy

Yesterday was our anniversary.  We celebrated by going to our favorite sushi spot and catching a movie- such a fun night.  The past nine years have been so great.  I love this guy immensely and am the luckiest to have him in my life. This is a picture taken at our wedding, a cold rainy Friday night- the best night ever.  If I could go back and have a quick chat with that excited, shy, nervous girl in the picture.  This is what I would say.

Love is better and deeper and wider than you can imagine.
Don't spend the next few years worrying about the future.
Some goals take longer than you think, enjoy the process instead of worrying.
Save Money but splurge a little sometimes- without feeling guilty.
Be Confident.
Start painting, sewing and doing creative things regularly.
Don't rush life on, enjoy little moments.
Nine years from now you will be even more happy than you ever thought you could be.

To be honest, I should tell myself some of these things now too ;).

September

Can you believe its...

  I love Autumn, colder days- warmer clothes- it is my favorite time of year.  I'm looking forward to drinking lots of hot chocolate, taking walks in the cool evenings (this year with a stroller, yikes) and enjoying time getting to know our new babe.  Hurray for September :).

Boxing Day...

It's Boxing day... I like the idea of having a little celebration the day after Christmas.  After all the building up and counting down to the day...it seems like the fun always comes to an immediate stop at the end of Christmas Day.  So I think this will be a new tradition, to plan something fun for the day after Christmas to ease out of the most loved holiday.  So much better than forcefully shoving it into a box for next year.

Today my Sister and her husband came over.  We went wine tasting and then had hamburgers and cocktails at our place, laughing the entire day.  We had so much fun- I love having a sister- her husband is a pretty nice guy too ;).

Goodbye Sweet Christmas...

A Cup of Cheer

This is what Christmas looks like at our place.  So cozy, warm, and a little twinkly.  I love having our own home to decorate this year.  It really feels like we are home. Well, we aren't really home right now,  we are spending the weekend with Kev's parents.  So far we have had most of the cookies I made yesterday (they were a success, recipes soon I promise)- lots of spiced cider- chocolates and other delicious snacks.  I also went thrifting with my mother in law and we hit the vintage jackpot.  My bag was bigger than Santa's- seriously....

 

 

2,918 Days

We just celebrated our 8 year anniversary on Monday.  Time has gone by so fast.  I love love it is wonderful.  Love is so different than I thought it would be.  It is so much better, immensely deep, very real,  and so normal at the same time.  It is fun celebrating our anniversary just before Christmas.  Everyone is celebrating with us- how sweet.  It is a romantic time of year isn't it?  

We ran around Napa tasting wine, eating maple donuts, took hilarious photo booth pics, dreamed of buying fancy paintings for our little yellow house- and had a very good time doing all of it.

The best thing about being with Kev- is that no matter what we do it feels like a grand adventure.

I am very lucky indeed.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Traditions- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade- Home Made Chex Mix- Nibbling all Day. Familiar Smells and Spices filling the kitchen.  I love it all.  We ended up just having eggs and bacon for our Thanksgiving Dinner- because we were too sick to make anything more extravagant.  Luckily we were able to join our family for a real turkey dinner on Friday night.  Here are a few snapshots of our day. 

Wild Turkeys Trying to Sneak through the neighborhood undetected :)-  this was a few weeks ago...

Let Christmas Begin!!

Love Betty