There has been so much keeping me busy these days... and I admit, by feeling overwhelmed and anxious about the "deadline", I was definitely a bah humbugger the first part of the month, but after several reminders of the true meaning of this time of year, I have caught the Christmas spirit!!
First of all, I put up a beautiful tree! And, pulled out all our Christmas decorations and spread the cheer around the house... I'm loving how cozy it is!! The temps have dropped to about 60 (sorry, Mom but to us this is COLD!) so I love curling up by our fire, turning on the Christmas lights and watching a nice movie with Mark at night after a long day of Christmas chaos.
THIS is what had me losing sleep at night! Since I have left the comfort of my parent's house as a child, Christmas time has always meant stress and anxiety! Mostly because for years, it was the end of a semester with finals and hours of studying in between working extra holiday hours and Christmas shopping... But, once I graduated from college and started working my "real" job (medical sales), I had to then worry about end of the YEAR sales with December being the slowest and least productive month, plus coming up with some type of creative Christmas gift for all my doctors and nurses to show appreciation and set myself apart from the competition! Let's just say, I've had a few panic attacks in years past.
Since I have stopped working for medical device companies and Mark and I have started our own... this creative gift giving adventure hasn't stopped! Only now... the $$ is coming out of my bank account rather than getting reimbursed on an expense report, and I have to creatively create everything from the gift itself to the packaging and this year, the business card! Thanks Photoshop... And, thanks to an AWESOME husband and AWESOME friends, I have completed virtually everything before I leave for Idaho in 2 short days.
Here's a few shots I took this morning before church... Rowan and I had a blast, but I can't say the same for Sarah... She was having a bad morning! Couldn't get a smile out of her for anything! Until she got to church and saw Mark... she was all smiles after that. She's in love with him.
Our best wishes to all this holiday season!
Love, The Dunning's
14 comments:
Beautiful photos as usual!! You inspire me :)
Hope you guys have a wonderful Christmas!
Beautiful pictures! Merry Christmas!
How cute are teh kids. Merry Christmas and have a great time in Idaho. Roz
oh my goodness, I just love all the pictures. What a cute "holiday happy". This year I am doing almond poppyseed bread and toffee with some creative cute presentation of some sort (that of course I am still trying to figure out).
I loved the Christmas tree pictures. your kids are just too too cute! Merry Christmas guys, we hope you have the best season yet!
I love your pictures! You are so great with the camera! You really should take appointments.
I wish we were spending the holidays together this year! Your tree is beautiful! I find new ornaments scattered throughout the house everyday. Carson thinks it's funny to sneak into the front room and quickly grab an ornament :)
Happy Holidays!!
Kristy, your kids are so adorable!! Rowan is such a handsome little guy.. and stylish, too. I hope I get a boy someday! Merry Christmas!
Beautiful pictures! You're little ones are getting so big!!! Oh my gosh! I can't wait to see them! 60 degrees sounds so nice! I can't wait! It snowed on saturday, sunday and monday! Non-stop on monday! It was crazy! It was fun, but way cold! It's still cold I can't wait to get a little more warm when I come home! Have fun in idaho! See you guys in two weeks or so! :D
Oh my word! Your pictures are absolutely amazing! How fun it is to have such beautiful shots of your children to cherish forever! So cute! Hope you have a great trip and a wonderful Christmas...maybe we will "run into" you while you are here...hmmmmm!
Great pics, such cute kids! Thanks for the yummy toffee- my fave! John ate like 5 pieces that night. :) Little Rowan is so good with the ornaments. Stila broke like half of mine last year. We put them all up this year. Good thing, too, since Alexa somehow got one and chucked it in the living room.
OMG! Kristy, those are the cutest pictures of your little man! Love your new camera and the upgrade to cs3 makes a difference too! Keep up all the great photos!
I need some blog help... for some reason all my friends' blog sites disappeared from my side bar. I can't find it anywhere on the settings page- do you know where I can find them? Thanks
darling pictures, darling kids. i love it! hope your christmas was great! miss you!!!
Beautiful pictures! Rowan is a little man these days!
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