Merry Christmas!

I have definitely been absent for a while and I have so many things to blog about...sister's baby shower,  family photoshoot, Hubby's 30th birthday extravaganza, moving to RI, unpacking in 2 days and getting prepared for Christmas in our new location!  But for now, I just want to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas!!!

Love,
The Gunderson Family

Done, Done and Done!!

So today I finished my Christmas shopping...and MOST of my wrapping!  If I didn't know any better I would say that Santa has already been here to Gunder-Land because even the stockings are stuffed!  I slipped Santa an extra $20 and he delivered everything early!!!  Now I can just relax and enjoy my beautiful tree surrounded by way too many presents!  We went ALL OUT this year on the gift giving...the ultimate gift is going to my Aiden and my nieces...with out giving it away just yet I will just say that this gift and their reaction is going to be worthy of a commercial!  I CAN'T WAIT!!!
On another note...we had some family pictures taken!  I am really not extremely thrilled with them but they will have to do!  We had them taken downtown, on the water, the coldest day of the year, Leif was sick and Aiden had a runny nose and was preoccupied with the fountain!  OH WELL...there is always next year!  I have a great camera but cannot find anyone with a little bit of patience to take several pictures of us without cutting off one of our heads, getting irritated with a baby who doesn't want to sit still, or not clicking fast enough to catch that perfect shot!  Am I asking for too much?  SOOO....what do you think?

It's beginning to look a lot like...

CHRISTMAS!!!!

Although we started decorating about a week ago, I have kind of been slacking on the blog!  I have missed several important dates that I need to write about but I haven't had enough time to really do it justice!  I will start with an easy one!  With the help of my amazingly talented friend Krystal, I decorated for Christmas!  Krystal and I went to Michael's picked out a bunch of garland and with the magic of Krystal's talented hands and eyes, we ahem she, created several beautiful pieces!  I helped...I SWEAR!!!

BEFORE:
(here is everything spread out on the floor)

AFTER:
(Wreath, mantle, and staircase)

I love the way everything turned out and I am so thankful that my friend Krystal lent me her talent for a very very very cheap price (dinner and wine lol) because I certainly can not afford what she is truly worth!!!

I did our Christmas tree all by myself but have yet to step back and actually take a picture!  That will go on my "to-do" list...I love my tree!  We do not decorate the outside of our house because considering that we are in a new house every 1.5 to 2 years, and every home is different (# of bushes, length of railing, porch size, # of windows etc.), we would spend too much  money every year making it work!  Soon enough we will be in our forever home...ok not forever but Leif has promised me a good solid 4 years...maybe heheh!!!

OH....by the way...Aiden "HELPED" with the decorating!