We had a smallish Christmas at home. I was planning to stamp wrapping paper again, but discovered that I didn't have my roll of brown...

We got to have Al, Margit, and Michael with us for Christmas! (Al is Doug's older brother.) Michael is leaving soon to serve a missi...

This year's tree is a Grand Fir. Isn't it cute? You may notice it's a little sparsely decorated on the bottom (aside from th...

My mom sent us her old KitchenAid mixer (thanks Mom!) and we have been having great fun with it. In the days before Christmas I was busy ma...

Our tree this year was a Fraser fir. I found it a little tricky for putting lights on, as the branches criss-cross each other in weird wa...