Wedded Liss

i have three best friends from high school. i see two of them a lot (hi kayla and sara!) because they live in minnesota, but carissa lives in north carolina with her husband and we don’t get to see her that often. she and her husband were in town for the holidays to see carissa’s family so of course we jumped on the opportunity to see her. the only time we could find to all get together was brunch on christmas eve (we went to freehouse, which is pretty must the closest restaurant to our loft, ... View the Post

christmas is our favorite time of the year. we would normally spend all of december doing our favorite christmas activities. (so many activities!) unfortunately this year due to both a wedding at disney and a funeral, we were out of town for 2 of the 3 weekends between thanksgiving and christmas. so we did what anyone else would do. fit everything christmas into one weekend. right? we... baked christmas cookies, rang bells for the salvation army, went to the christmas display on the 8th floor ... View the Post

we got an 8 foot tree. we have 11 foot ceilings. this should have worked out. the place we decided to put our tree (in front of the window) has this air duct that hangs down a couple feet (loft life). tony had to do some trimming to the top. next year we might not go as grand with the size of the tree. and next year we might be able to actually have a tree topper. my secret santa last year (my amazing sister-in-law jess) got us this cute tree skirt last year for christmas. it was so fun ... View the Post

tony and i love a real tree. we love the entire process. we love going to the tree farm, searching for the perfect one, cutting it down, pulling it on a sled, and getting it home. i also can't get enough of the smell. last year we we went to krueger's christmas trees and we thought it was kind of awesome so we went back. i noticed last year that krueger’s was dog-friendly, so i filed that away and made sure to bring ella this year. she had an absolute blast. i think she wishes we lived on ... View the Post

we had thanksgiving with my family on thanksgiving day. it was small but special. my mom and i made all of the food. my mom did the big items (turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy) and I filled in with green beans and carrots. we also each made a dessert. one pumpkin and one apple. we spent a lot of the day playing outside in the snow. i cannot believe we had snow on thanksgiving. we have had an unseasonably warm fall and would never have thought we would get a white thanksgiving. the ... View the Post