holiday cheer.

so. i finally added our child to the blog. some people, who shall remain nameless, kept mentioning how i needed to update our pictures/name to include greysen so after much arguing with my computer and blogger {ummm, has anyone else had to pay google to post stuff on their blog now because they suddenly have too many pictures? super lame.} i have finally given it a new look. i know, you love it, don't lie. 

speaking of which, i'm a little bit obsessed with our family pictures. they're so cute eh? i know, i'm biased. but considering levi's shirt was an extra small instead of a large, it was pouring rain, and zak got motion sick and barfed all over in the car on the way there {apparently reading train magazines is too much of a distraction for him}, they turned out pretty good. if you live here and want some great family pics, this fabulous woman took ours, and is very reasonably priced. 

anyways, i meant to post about our christmas decorating quite some time ago but alas, i did not. i love christmas. if it wasn't for my husband refusing to decorate and/or help with anything, we would have stuff up before thanksgiving. {good thing in canada thanksgiving is in october eh? mwhahaha}

this was the first year we actually have room to put a christmas tree some place. usually, we end up cramming it in between couches, or right in the middle of the room, but besides the fact that i can't see what zak is doing behind the tree, when sitting on the couch, it worked out great here. i love our house.  

i have no idea why zak is shirtless. he's actually probably totally naked but i can't remember. but yes, we take self timer family pictures quite well.

i googled how to take pictures of christmas trees. this was the best i could do. it's kinda cool, but i don't know how you would get anyone's faces in it because it's so dark. oh well.

i don't really decorate for any other holiday, so christmas is my ultimate favorite. plus, my grandma hooked me up with several new home decor pieces such as the tree below, so i had an even better time finding some place to stick them 

i'm a little bit obsessed with my sequin tree skirt. anything sparkly that i can put in my house is an instant win. plus, my wrapping paper is totally cute.

every day, zak wakes up from his nap and we drink hot chocolate with tons of marshmallows and watch a christmas movie. so far, it's been the grinch everyday for the last week, but who doesn't love the grinch?

i also have plans for us to make clay ornaments because pinterest rules, as well as try our hand at making delicious sugar cookies to give to friends. 

it is also my goal to watch every single abc family original christmas movie made within the last several years. older than that, and they just get plain ridiculous. so far, netflix has helped me out quite nicely {side note: i do watch these when i'm on the treadmill, so you don't think i sit at home and watch tv all day, i swear we do stuff}. i highly recommend desperately seeking santa aka sexy santa as my friend delainey and i call it. its been voted the best out of the several christmas movies we've watched {i will not tell you how many we've really watched, it's a little embarrassing}. besides, when it's nicknamed sexy santa, you know you really want to watch it. do it. right now. 

hurrah for christmas! 9 days until levi's done with finals, and 13 days until he's done with his boards so that he can finally enjoy what we do all day! ;)