Merry Christmas!

Time to dust off this blog once again....it seems like its been a never-ending cycle of work, work, housework, getting ready for the holidays and just trying to survive each day.
Thankfully I finally have a day off and while it is Christmas Eve, I think I'm ready for the holiday blitz.  While I joked with D back at Thanksgiving that we are the poster children for the movie Four Christmases, come to find out just this week, D and I actually have 6 Christmases this year, 2 in STL and 4 in Michigan.  OMG, bring on the spiked egg nog because I'm gonna need it!
We had our first Christmas with my dad's side of the family last Saturday and tonight we are hosting my mom and step-dad for Christmas Eve dinner.  Then tomorrow morning we make our trip up north to start the Michigan Christmas Extravaganza.
Despite spending the next week celebrating Christmas away from home, we did buy a tree and decorated our loft a bit, something we decided last minute when we were leaving Michigan at Thanksgiving.  So we bought a tree, tree trimmings and stockings at Meijer on our way home.
Here's our final product:

Yes, some of our presents are bigger than our 4.5 ft tree and yes, some of them are only wrapped in the cardboard boxes they were shipped in, but we are happy with the final product.  Funny story though, D and I both purchased gifts online for each other and who would have thought the box would actually say what's packed in it.  Luckily each one of us has a gift that was leaked via the box so we're even, but I'm fairly certain we both have a few surprises too.  :)

As we make our way to spend time with our families over the holidays, Merry Christmas from our home to yours!