My mom was kind enough to take some photos for us in our back yard for our Christmas card! We have taken the photos in are back hard for the past three years and I love seeing how they have evolved. Peter & I, then our first family of three photos and now we are chasing after a toddler trying to get one great shot. It's fun to look back at all of them and I really love how this year turned out!

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas, full of hugs and some kisses, too!

Christmas Card // 2016

Christmas cards are one of my favorite things about December!! I was also excited to work with a new Etsy shop this year. Salsa L Design was so great to work with and her designs were so beautiful. Simple but still trendy, exactly what I'm looking for with a design for a Christmas card. Piling up on the couch to stuff the envelopes and send out our huge stack of cards during nap time last week was such a sweet time. I had some music playing and as I read each family on the envelope, I felt so much thankfulness for the people God has put in our life. We truly are so blessed! 

Also, these envelopes were such a BIG time saver! My tongue was also very happy ;) 

Make sure to check out Salsa L Design!!

Christmas Card // 2014

Seriously one of my favorite things every year.... I get so excited about the photo, the design
the wording, and mailing them out, receiving cards in the mail from friends and family, hanging them up in our house - everything about Christmas Cards make me happy!!

our Christmas card was designed by East West Design Co. and I absolutely
loved working with them!! Great company and I look forward to working
with them more in the future!
& photo is by Red Apple Tree Photography.

Christmas Card // 2013

Last year I shared our fun little Digital Christmas Card and I also shared my excitement about our first official Christmas card in 2013. Since we would be husband and wife it would only be right to send out a card to all of our family and friends, right? I didn’t come up with the plan to use our Christmas card as Wedding Thank You card until right before we said I DO but I have to say, it was a great idea! It definitely helped with the important task of writing thank you cards. I honestly love writing Thank You cards but when you add a couple zeros to the total number it can become overwhelming.  I’m happy to say that they all were completed and mailed out the first week of December!

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!!!

one thing I can't WAIT to do....

Send out Christmas cards every year with an awesomly fun picture. 

I sent Christmas cards this year that were pretty and fun but not with a picture, cause honestly, what would the picture be of? Me... by myself? Awwwwkward. Peter agreed that it would be a little weird to send out Christmas cards since we aren't married yet but I couldn't help myself. Why not play around a little bit and have a cute e-card for my blog readers.... It is my blog after all! :)

Photo: Red Apple Tree Photography // Edit: Phoster iPhone App

So, we hope you all have a beautiful Christmas,

a fun rest of December

& have a safe and happy New Years!

Prayers for a safe flight tomorrow would be greatly appreciated also! 

Let the Christmas festivities begin!!! God bless, friends!