Celebrating our First Christmas...

This year was a momentous holiday for me... well for us... it was our first Christmas as a married couple... and my first Christmas away from my family. I have never felt more withdrawn from my family than this previous week... My family celebrated Christmas on Friday since my dad was working on Christmas Eve and Duane only had the girls until Christmas Eve... Ian's family had dinner together on Christmas Eve and then his immediate family celebrated together Christmas morning... and finally I missed the Marf family time Christmas evening.

All in all, our holidays were low key and very nice. We spent the morning cleaning the house and prepping our dinner... then we opened our gifts. I will post pictures later, when I am on my computer.

We selected our first Christmas tree this year and decorated it with ornaments that reflect our relationship. From the Fly-fishing Santa Ian bought me our first year dating to the wedding cake and bridal couple from this year and our wedding! We threw in a few of the ornaments that we brought back from Ian's parent's house and his grandma's house...

I am hoping that next year we will be in Tulsa with our families!!!