Sunday, January 1, 2012

OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS


We have had a fun and busy holiday season.  We love this time of year… buying gifts, festive music and decorations, spending time with family and friends… there is just a joy in the air!
Being our first Christmas – we started to set the standard for decorations, etc.  We had fun putting out our tree with burlap skirt, displaying Christmas cards in our old shutters on the wall, and making trees out of old books.  We also found our perfect stockings!  We both surprised the other with our gifts – which is always exciting to pull off!  First Christmas = success.  We are excited for many more to come!
We spent Christmas eve and day with James’ family.  It was fun seeing everyone, catching up and relaxing… even if we got up at 6:30am on Christmas morning… haha  James and I feel so incredibly blessed!
01 – Bought our first house
02 – James joined the creative team at Milestone
03 – Married on 5.22.11
04 – Honeymoon in Jamaica
05 – Ashley started a new job in interior design
06 – James started Thornejam as a side business
07 – We hosted a weekly small group of students at our house
08 – We had fun at Baylor Homecoming
09 – Spent Thanksgiving in Chicago
10 – Enjoyed our first Christmas season togethe
We are excited about this New Year – we know God has more than we could ask or imagine in store for us!