3rd Anniversary in Hawaii

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Our Trip to London

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So here it is....

Retro Kaleidoscope Holiday Card

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Card coming soon....

So we just received our special code in our email to order our 50 free Christmas Card... task for this weekend. So when we decide which one, we'll post it. So excited that Shutterfly was offering such a great deal this year!!! Worked out great for us since we just bought a house :)

Tis the Season...

Wow it is already that time of year again...every year Lars and I come up with a creative letter that tells about the major events that have been going on in our lives over the past year to help update everyone around us. In addition to this letter, we also send out a cute Christmas Card that usually has a picture of our family... Lars, Crystal, Rusty, and Kirin.... in front of our Christmas tree. This year I am so excited to get to design our Christmas Card on Shutterfly's website. They have a very extensive website with lots and lots of choices of card layouts and options to choose from. You can seriously spend hours looking at all of them. I have made several Photo Books through Shutterfly... our Wedding, Honeymoon, 1st anniversary, and 2nd anniversary...(Look at the last few posts to see the photo books we have made through Shutterfly) and I have a few more to make too... our trip to London and our most recent trip to Hawaii... I'll get to those soon hopefully. But anyways, my point being that their products are amazing and we have really enjoyed the quality that Shutterfly provides. I am super excited to get to choose one of their beautiful layouts to send to our friends and family this year! Here are a few of the layouts that we really like so far....

#1: All Wrapped Up 

#2:  Color Me 

#3: Cranberry Joy

#4: Seasonal Chic

When Lars and I finally decide on a card design we'll post it.... but until then... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
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2nd Anniversary

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Our Wedding

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Honeymoon

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First Anniversary

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Our House.... Finally!!

Our New Home

We have finally moved in and have begun to get settled. And we now have the internet so I thought I would update with new pictures of our house buying process and what they house looks like now. We have started to decorate a little, but I still looking forward to the day when we can kick our feet up and relax.... ya ya we know that really won't happen now that we are home owners, but we can dream can't we! 

We finally have the keys to our first place!

Our beautiful new home!

Lars' mom and dad came to help us move.

Our friends Richard and Jen helped us move too. Our neighbors Chris and Robbyn also helped.

Our first night in our new house. We celebrated with a glass of wine.

Our 2010 Christmas Tree

Kirin and Rusty

The Spare Bedroom

The Kitchen

The Dining Room

The Living Room

Our Master Bed Room

Way too long....

Well, it has been way too long since we have posted anything on our blog.... We have been very busy with work, going to school, and ..... buying our first home. Yes, it is official, we are now home owners. We closed on our beautiful new home yesterday! Lars kept track of how many times we had to sign paperwork and it ended up being 64 times!!! WOW!!! After we closed we went to American Furniture and bought all of our new furniture. Then we went out to celebrate this grand occasion at none other than Buffalo Wild Wings for some wings and beer. What could be better!?!?! Then we had to stop for some Cold Stone on the way home. It was a wonderful day! We are both so happy that all of these plans have happened so smoothly. We had not planned on buying a house until year 4 of our marriage, but I guess God had other plans for us because he was able to show us this wonderful opportunity that we were to take! It's just amazing how wonderful life is and to know that God has a hand in all of it!

14. Take Rusty for a 2 mile walk 5 times a week

Our Boys...

Almost everyday this summer Crystal was greeted each morning by a cold nudge from Rusty letting her know he was ready for his walk. Crystal was able to take Rusty for a 2 mile walk almost every day this summer. Rusty's brother, Kirin, was very jealous!

9. Send notes to friends just because

Thinking of you...

We sent out several cards and notes to let some special people know we were thinking of them. It is always important to let people know how special they are :)

13. & 19. Lars play golf weekly and Crystal learn how to play golf

Crystal's First Time Golfing... and more practice for the boys.

Crystal, Lars, Richard, Keith

This was Crystal's first time golfing... ever! By the fifth hole she was actually beating everyone. By the end she had shot a 44 on a par 3, which is quite excellent for a first time. Lars, Richard and Keith shot a 41 each. Crystal even got a par on the fourth hole. It took Lars at least a couple years to get his first par. Very excellent first game of golf, she may be a prodigy, or it might be beginners luck. Only time will tell.

10. Go to the Denver Aquarium

At the Denver Aquarium with some friends...
Andrew, Janessa, Liam, Lars & Crystal

We went to the Denver Aquarium with some friends from out east, Eastern Colorado that is. We wandered through the exhibits and saw some pretty cool aquatic life. One fish of note was a tire tread eel. This was interesting because we got to see a full grown one at the aquarium, and if you've seen our small fish tank you know we recently got a tire tread eel, and he's about 10 inches long at this point. Anyway, the full grown one we saw was easily over two feet long and was quite thick, further research showed they can top out at about 38 inches, and we realized "we're gonna need a bigger tank!" After the aquarium we took a brief walk down to the platte river, followed by a small lunch at Lola'a for happy hour where crayon wars ensued. As we left Crystal saw a small ice cream stand, and of course we had to stop.

6. Go to Breckenridge Beerfest

Breckenridge Beer Festival
2010

We went up to Breckenridge to enjoy the mountain air, see the sites, do some walking, and something else.... I just can't remember. Oh yeah, drink beer!!! We started the day at Rasta Pasta, a fusion of Jamaican and Italian cuisine, actually very good. The we headed over, rather anxiously to the festival. There were over 40 breweries at this years festival, with a live music accompaniment that varied from awesome to Beyonce covers (that's the polar opposite of awesome in case you're wondering). We made it to about 35 of the breweries before closing time, where.... you guessed it; "you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here." At this point we sauntered (which is a really apt description) back to our condo and attempted to order pizza. Note to those who want to attempt this: the cheapest pizza place we found would deliver two large pizzas for $50! So we went to the grocery store and got DiGiorno, it really didn't matter, we couldn't taste anything at that point anyway. Great time, great people! See you there next year!

Cheers to Beers!!!