Shiznit we got for Christmas.....

I asked Ross what I should call this post after telling him what I was going to talk about and this is what he suggested. We're tired. As you can probably tell.

So the "shiznit" we got for Christmas would be for our on going tradition. (2 whole years now!)

The ornament we decided on this year was a graduation one.

I graduated in May and Ross graduated earlier this month.

This is also Medved's first Christmas so we decided to get him his first ornament...

And his very own stocking. :)

Marla also gave me one of Ross' first Christmas ornaments from the year he was born to hang on our tree. Very special to us.

We just bought everything for Christmas cookies to make tomorrow.

It'll be nice to have some time to relax with my husband and puppy for a whole day, I forgot what that feels like.

:)

Now all it needs to do is snow.

Cathy

Oh Christmas Tree...

Hey guys!

I think today is the first day I haven't stayed late at work in about 3 weeks. I've missed chatting with you guys. (one way conversations, of course)

We've had a FULL month. I can't even believe how much we have done in the last few weeks. I had my birthday......22! Yay.... I feel a lot older than that. Haha.

Myles, Ross' brother, came home "early" from his mission a week ago. And by early, I mean that he decided to tell us a later date and come home a bit earlier then that date and "surprise" us instead. And by surprise, I mean us actually surprising him at the airport because we found out his "plan".

Okay I think I just did over kill with the "".

So he's home for the holidays and we had a fun week catching up with him and spending time with family.

He's spent the last two years in Romania, teaching people about our religion. Such a huge sacrifice. Learn more here. :)

We stupidly forgot our camera when we went to the airport. This is all we got of the handsome RM.

Hahahaha...

He's single ladies.

Now for some CHRISTMAS stuff.

This is when we got our tree. Medved smelling it, marking his territory - no big deal.

This is us, figuring out that it won't fit in our stand.

Here's Ross shaving down the bottom with a kitchen knife so it would fit.

Ah, finally.

He loved the lights. :)

Before the tree skirt and presents.

And after :)

I feel like I have sooo many things I want to talk about. But I think I'll just leave you with the tree for now.

Expect posts soon though! Like tomorrow and the next day and the next day. I have to make up for the last month!

And I have so many fun Christmas things to talk about.

:)

Cathy

GRADuate...

Ross finally graduated. He's (almost) done. He has one more paper and one more presentation and he's dunzoo. He'll have his BA in Russian Language from the University at Albany. :)

I'm very proud of my man. The last few weeks have been a little rough but he handled it like a champ.

Here's us before:

(Dave, Marla and us)

During: (all blurry)

And the party:

I made the banner, the mason jar candle holders, and the chocolate cake :)

It was fun to spend some time with family and friends, and bask in Ross' great accomplishment.

Medved and Trueman sleeping :)

Rinn and Medved. Medved's Best Friend.

She put this jacket on him, I thought this was the cutest thing!

(haha, he doesn't like pictures)

He did great!

We picked up our tree tonight and we're decorating tomorrow. Look forward to some fun posts soon :)

Cathy