Friday, December 7, 2007

Rockin Around the Christmas Tree

This year has a lot of first's. And the first's are super fun! Especially looking for a Christmas Tree. Jp and I love Christmas time and the season, so we made sure we got a tree sooner than later. We got our tree last week and we love it. It has made us more than proud. So the journey began with searching the city of Corona for trees. There weren't too many places, so we didn't have to search too far. We only had two spots to check.. hehe..

So, we got to our first spot and it was nice and clean... but... the trees weren't covered. Who knows how long the trees had been sitting there. Even though these trees looked really nice, when you touched them, the pine needles would fall so easily, so we knew this wasn't the place where we wanted to buy our tree.



Being a little disappointed, we went to our next stop and these trees were nice and green, so searching down aisles, we spotted this cluster of trees, and when we saw the big one in the back, we knew this was the one...



A little unraveling and moments later, she was ours and ready to go home...=)
The perfect height, size, and color. It was way greener than some other trees we saw...



Yup, it truly was the one.



So the husband got it ready to go...



So we took our 10 year old Christmas tree to celebrate our first Christmas as husband and wife. We are a young family the three of us. Since no one likes my ultimate child name, our Christmas tree's name is Wolverine!!! way cool!



Through the front door we go, and into our humble abode.



Some decor, but of course, I buy the wrong sheer.



I love traditions, but they are tiring..haha. But I love the fact that we did this as a family. I didn't do it alone, and he didn't have to do it alone. We enjoyed it together. I love that!



So a lot of our friends buy their annual Christmas ornaments, and I'm too pooped to go out and get one, maybe later on, so for now... look at our annual very first Christmas ornament... all of them! Isn't it great!


I don't know if many of you are like my husband, but he was super geek when we found some LED Christmas lights... but I have to admit, they are awesome, blue and bright, and saves energy... way worth it!

As the tree is almost done, we don't have our star or our skirt, so for now.. 150 ornaments later...part of our very first Christmas tree!



When we get our tree topper, I'll show you the rest... it looks funny right now..hehe

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Chestnuts Roasting on an open fire

jackfrost nipping at your nose...

well..

Not really...hehe.. more like smores cooking in our fireplace....even better if you ask me! tonight was bummy night to just relax at home after a long week at work. We get to spend time with each other with smores and watching the fire and hearing the crackling of the wood. Ssoo relaxing!



He did the cooking, I did the eating...



So, he has a technique about his smores...it has to be perfect, so, first things first, the marshmallow goes into the fire...



While it gets soft, he makes sure the marshmallow gets put on fire, so then, it really melts the chocolate...



and the results... uber-yummy!



probably not the healthiest, but after a long week of working and commuting, you gotta treat yourself every now and then..

It's almost Christmas!