Monday, December 31, 2012

December photo a day, 29-31

It's time for the last few photos of the December photo a day challenge!

29. hot

I don't drink coffee, but I sure do enjoy a cup of tea most days.


30. something that made you smile this year

He makes me smile every day!

31. self portrait

I'm not really into taking photos of myself, but here's me and the lil man about an hour ago :)


Wishing everyone the most magical year 2013!
Thank you for taking time and reading my silly blog, looking forward to seeing you next year as well!

Thursday, December 27, 2012

December photo a day, 21-28

Second to last photo batch, days 21 to 28, December has gone by in a whiff!

21. tree

Since I already posted a photo of our fake tree, here's my parents' real Christmas tree

22. decoration

This one is from our tree, photo from our Finland wedding


23. joy is...

Seeing lil man enjoy his presents


24. tradition/something you always do

Christmas Eve family dinner, yumyum!


25. lunchtime

Lil man's high chair


26. mess

The mess after opening presents...


27. how you relax

Besides staring at the sea, I relax by reading  harmlessly enjoyable fiction


28. cold

It was -18C yesterday, so pretty cold :)

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas time!

p.s It seems I was a bit early with the 28th photo, sorry about that :D

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Random Tuesdays 12/25/2012



Merry Christmas from Random Tuesdays! 

It's our Christmas tree, decorated with (fittingly) random decorations.It's the first time we've had a full size tree and we realized on Saturday that we don't have enough ornaments for it. Luckily the local discount store had a bunch of stuff on sale, so this is our tree decorated with the sale rack items! The garland is midnight blue btw, not black :) The round cross stitch decorations are compliments of my husband's amazing grandparents and the photoframe decorations are from our Nebraska wedding Christmas tree.

This is the last Random Tuesdays of the year. It's been a good one, see you next year!

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Our Very Own Winter Wonderland

It's been real pretty outside around our house for the last week or so, so here's a photo flood of our own personal Winter Wonderland :)






Lil man shoveling the path to our house









Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, super-yay!

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas time!

Thursday, December 20, 2012

December photo a day, 14-20

Time for another batch of December photos, this time days 14 to 20.

14. something green

It's a necklace that serves as a wall hanging when not in use


15. outdoors

Husband and lil man enjoying the outdoors


16. something you made

I'm not talented in crafts, at all, but here's a felted nativity scene I made this fall


17. on the floor

Lil man's rug


18. makes you feel merry

Lil man meeting Santa last weekend :)


19. something beginning with 's'

Son, sweetheart, sugarmuffin


20. weather

I don't know if you can see from this photo, but it's snowing outside :)

Only a few more nights before Christmas! Hope everyone is having a wonderful week!

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Random Tuesdays 12/18/2012

Christmas is approaching on Random Tuesdays! Here's the Christmas tree at my friend's parents' home (they are avid hunters) in southern Vermont in 2008. 


Thursday, December 13, 2012

December photo a day, 6-13

I haven't forgotten the Photo a Day challenge, although it's been a few days already since I posted the last ones :) But here are December photos for days 6 to 13:

6. from where you live/your country


I live in southern Finland, here is a view from our living room window


7. stars


Stars on our kitchen window


8. someone you love


My silly men


9. out + about


Helping Mommy shovel snow on our sideyard


10. under


A view from under the Christmas tree, not the usual spot to take pics ;)


11. sweet


It's the Super Dooper Reindeer Pooper! Pretty sure the jelly beans are sweet, I don't have first hand knowledge though.


12. hat


Trying on Mommy's hat :)


13. lights


Typical Finnish Christmas ornament

Hope everyone is having a fantastic week!


Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Random Tuesdays 12/11/2012

Roommate's Christmas tree in Nebraska, 2009. It's the Charlie Brown version. 
I got us a "real" tree, but roommates would have been happy with just this one :) 

Monday, December 10, 2012

Second First Anniversary :)

Today is the first anniversary of our second wedding and to celebrate it I'll post a bunch of photos from our Nebraska wedding. So be aware, wedding photo flood follows!



Bride getting prettied up by the groomsman's sister (who is also matron-of-honor's sister-in-law, small town)



Wonderful bridesmaid helping the bride get dressed.



Time to say I do again :) There's our lil man in the bottom right corner!



Getting blessed :)



Our transportation, a Cadillac Escalade



Some bubbly in the car



Arriving to the venue



Some decorations



Christmas-y treats



Our cakes, yummee!



The head table



Citygirl-blogger found these restroom signs funny :)



After eating plenty there was some dancing...



...since we had a great dj!




Some more dancing...



...and then some more dancing, I think this is the cupid shuffle :-)



And some toasting...



...and group hugging :)


This was our last song (you'll most likely have to watch it on youtube):
And yes, it was the Glee version ;)



I had such a good time going through these photos from a year ago, what a fun wedding and lots of great memories!

Husband I are going to the movies tonight to celebrate, yay! :) 
Hope everyone is having a wonderful week!