Merry Christmas!

Matt and I have been having a wonderful time visting his family in California! There was a crazy amount of rain in the beginning days of our visit, but things have cleared up and we are enjoying some bright and sunny days! It's been great to warm up a bit!

It has been such a blessing being here and enjoying time together with family and friends. It has been such a joy to get the opportunity to visit with everyone.

Tomorrow is our last day here, then we take off on our train trip back home. So fun! We will definitely be sharing some pics from that trip, until then...enjoy the Christmas pics!

The Family Pic

My love and I

The Family Dinner

An awesome bracelet that Katie got Susanne and I, it's made out of two antique silver spoons!

Fun Christmas Gifts for the Family!

Susanne is loving her new Ugg's

I got Matt and Autobahn road sign. A nice reminder of our obsession with Germany!

Katie got the Kindle she was hoping for!

We had to include Baci!

This is the beautiful pearl ring that Matt got me, I have been looking for the perfect pearl ring for years! I actually found this one last summer while we were on the Cape, I saw it at the Jewelry store, then went home to "think about it". I actually showed up at the store the next day to purchase it, and was told that it had been sold. I was so sad, but it turned out that Matt was the one who had bought it and kept it as a surprise for me to find under the tree!

I obviously had to include this pic!

Some fun!

The week before Christmas break at school is always a lot of fun, with different events and activities, scheduled throughout. Some friends of mine and I decided to embrace the "Tacky Christmas Sweater" contest, and made our own creation. We totally won!