Matt and I found out soon after getting married that it can be tricky establishing holiday traditions for ourselves since we live so close to our families. Because our folks live just over an hour’s drive away, we’ve spent all three Thanksgivings and Christmases as a married couple with them. We consider it a …
Last weekend was charmingly simple—we didn’t have much going on, which is how I like it sometimes. Sometimes the social media world at large (I’m looking at you, Pinterest!) makes us think that we have to go all out for every holiday in order to maximize the enjoyment and show the world that we …
I’d planned to do a big, fancy-pants write-up of our Christmas this year (honestly, more for my sake than for anyone else’s), but then I got knocked flat on my back by the flu, which meant that I spent Christmas hacking it up and the day after Christmas barely able to move, watching old seasons …
Here’s the card I actually managed to print and send out to a few people this year. (Note to self: next year, I definitely need to print out more copies.) This was the first year in history that I actually followed through with my goal to do the “Christmas card thing,” and I have to …
I’ve mentioned this on here before, but Matt and I do Christmas a little strangely—since we typically spend Christmas Day not at home (instead, we’re down in Bountiful with our parents and siblings), we always do “our” Christmas for each other a few days before the actual holiday. This year, our Christmas hit especially early—Saturday …
One nice thing about a blog is that I get to control the content. And in particular, the nice thing about a blog is that I get to control what pictures of myself are released into the wild of the World Wide Web for all the universe to see. It’s not like a driver’s license …
Matt and I have a longstanding tradition of going to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert each year (a fabulous—free!—way to quickly get into the real spirit of Christmas) and stopping by Leatherby’s before. Leatherby’s is “our” place ever since we first played hooky one day and sought it out (because I’d eaten there a …
When the time came to pull out our tree to decorate this year, Matt grumbled a little (as usual) as I rushed to get my favorite Christmas station on Pandora. I’ve long since accepted that Christmas decorating is not my spouse’s favorite way to spend his free holiday time, but he helps me out …
