This past week has been quite a blur. With a 48ish hour trip to Texas at the beginning of the week (more on this another day), it was nice to have a relaxing Christmas here in Indy with my sister and her family.
Christmas Eve we went to their Candlelight Service and it brought back memories of Christmas Eve services back at home in Germany.
Christmas Eve we went to their Candlelight Service and it brought back memories of Christmas Eve services back at home in Germany.
Christmas morning we woke up (not too bright and early) to have our own little first Christmas morning celebration together before heading back over to Dawn's for the day. With Loren's help, I had prepped this amazing Baked French Toast Casserole the night before and I popped it in the oven at some point before we read the Christmas story and exchanged the gifts we had for each other. I'm looking forward to many more Christmas mornings with my man! :)
At some point, we headed over to Dawn's for the afternoon and got to videochat with my family in Germany for a bit before diving into the delicious dinner Dawn made.
Other than the pictures above, we were so distracted playing with the nephews and having a relaxing time that, regrettably, we didn't really take any more pictures.
The day after Christmas, we headed over to Cincinnati to celebrate Christmas with Loren's side of the family. Once again, we failed miserably in the picture-taking department, but nonetheless had a grand low-key weekend visiting with family opening presents, playing doctor with the nieces & nephew, catching up, taking a Tour of Lights, playing games, watching movies, and trying P.F. Chang's for the first time. It was kind of hard to head back home after such a great week, but it's always nice to come back to our cozy little home after being away.
It's so fun to have both sides of the family just a short road trip away! The Lord has truly blessed us and we had a wonderful first married Christmas.