O Christmas Tree!

So, as I'm sure you can tell, we are SO excited about our FIRST Christmas tree!!

The Mr. and I headed out yesterday afternoon to "cut down" our first tree!

Like I said previously, we didn't have a tree last year and we didn't even get to decorate. We moved the day after Christmas. Sooo with that being said...we were pumped!

We drove about 30 minutes from our home to Jack's Christmas Tree Farm! It reminded me of the one I went to every year with my family growing up. We were originally going to cut down our tree, but the kind we wanted are shipped from NC. So we picked it out!

Today, we got up and had breakfast together and started decorating the house! Mr.'s job was the lights on the tree...and he did a PERFECT job!

And of course Lucy wanted to be apart of the festivities!



Isn't she just beautiful with Christmas lights!? :)




Our Christmas table is set along with Mr. Snowman, that my sweet MIL gave me!

Our mantel, we still have to get another stocking.

Our tree during the day! We have to get a tree skirt!

At night! :)

Again, all lit up!! It's the PERFECT first tree!

Here are some of our favorite ornaments!:

Our Bride and Groom Christopher Radko ornament that we received as a wedding gift!

Another Just Married one, it has a 2008 charm, but it kind of blocks the picture.

My personal favorite, Charlie Brown school scene, and it make the noise of the teachers on Charlie Brown!!!

One of the Mr.'s favorite!

Of course, you know my Christmas tree wouldn't be complete without a Vera Bradley ornament!

Thought you might get a laugh out of this one, actual picture was taken at my college graduation! As you can tell, I was VERY excited!

Let's Play Catch Up!

So I'm a little behind. Well you know life happens and sometimes blogging is not part of life. I do love to blog...just finding the time is what I need to be better at. O well.

So Halloween was a fun night for The Hammarlunds! We headed to a party at the Georgia's...costume of course. The Mr. and I went as trashy Florida fans. The GA/FL game was on Halloween this year, so we thought it would be so appropriate!

E and sweet A...Ladybugs...Mrs. E was allowing A to have a little candy...by all means she worked for it...she went Trick-Or-Treating for the first time!


"Mom, why can't I have it all?"


L and W were scary people for Halloween!


W's parents were Sonny and Cher! SO funny!

Mrs. E, A and sweet A were the Ladybug Family!

And of course...the Hammarlunds as the trashy Florida fans!

My sweet MIL and I made these cupcakes for the party! So fun!

Moving on.....

L, L and myself threw H a bridal shower! Her big day is February 27th...not too far away! And of course we did our signature move...FOUR!

L was sweet enough to open up her home for the shower and we all three prepared "brunch" for all the guests!

All the beautiful guests at the shower!

Sister B had a birthday in November too! The Mr. and myself took her to dinner and gave her a i-Tunes gift card and I made her this cake!

Thanksgiving 2009! We had Thanksgiving at the Mr.'s parents house, and my family joined too! :) So nice that our families get a long and live close together!

Mr.'s apple pie and my pumpkin pie!

Watching the Macy's Day Parade with my sweet Lucy girl!

Nana and Lucy waiting for Thanksgiving dinner!

Little family picture on Thanksgiving!

So we got our FIRST Christmas tree!!!! Last Christmas we were moving, literally we moved the day after Christmas so we weren't able to set up and decorate.

Here is our tree on top of our car!!!

Jack's is where we went to get our tree, a very popular farm not far from our home!

I spotted Santa in a Jeep!!

So excited that we found the perfect tree!!!

Here is our tree before we took it home and made it beautiful!!!

We were actually going to cut our tree down, but you can't cut down Fraser Firs, they are shipped in from North Carolina. But we still had the whole experience of going to the farm like I did growing up.

I'll post more pictures of our decorated tree and house!
love,

Toughest week of teaching yet. Just makes me sad how much I've stressed this week.

I'll tell more details later.

I really love my kids...like honestly. I miss them on the weekends. And I honestly look forward to seeing them every morning. But this week has been HARD.

Funny quote from one them in this tough week:

They were in DARE. So the officer is asking them how they would respond if someone wanted them to smoke. Juan responds with, " I don't smoke because I want a wife." :)

He's 10, but is already thinking of his future wife!

love,

Weekend...why must you go by so fast?

The Hammarlunds had a jammed packed weekend! It was super fun and filled with friends, football, food, and yummy wine!

I'll be back with a more interesting post....I know I've been letting yall down so much with my blogging lately...but soon I will have some time off and will catch you up! :)

love,

Happy Birthday B!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY B!!!!

I hope your 20th birthday is filled with lots of fun, love and memories! Or it might be filled with school, group projects, and traffic. :)

Mr. and I can't wait to take her to her birthday dinner!

Until then...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

love,

Greetings!

I do have ALOT to blog about...but so little time.

I would like to post pictures before I share our past 2 weekends! :)

I'll try to squeeze this in tonight.

Love,

Too early for a Christmas Wish List?

Dear Santa,

Here are a few things I would like for you to drop off on Christmas Eve! :) Not, so much to ask...right?

1. These! I have never really been into the whole Ugg craze but I am OBSESSED with these!!!!!!! Never really even been obsessed with a pair of shoes...but I HAVE to have these! I tried them on and they are HEAVEN in a shoe! I could honestly sleep in them!!!

2. A gift card...I know kind of boring...but a gift card to ULTA is excellent since I wear Bare Essentials make up...and I need to update and replace some of my products!

3. To take THIS class! I took a cake decorating class here and LOVED it...but CUPCAKES are my favorite...so I want to take this class to perfect my cupcakes!

4. And all my student loans paid off. And my classroom to have all the supplies and materials needed to teach even better. And a new wardrobe. And a new car for the Mr.

A girl can wish right?!

Santa, I understand if all of these items are not delieved. No, really I do understand. But there are just some of the items I would love to have.

Love,