Our First Christmas!

Dad (I know, the hair can be deceiving) with his Obama puzzle, Black Velvet whiskey, and new hair-do!

All I want for Christmas is a new niece or nephew!

Me with my "corn bags"

Another Wal-Green's Christmas???

Jerry showing his mad tie-tying skills :)

Sammi showing off his Christmas bow.

Santa & Julia- Yes, I do believe!

O, Christmas tree!

So this is officially our first Christmas together as husband and wife! What a journey so far. We have traveled quite alot so far this holiday season, and we still have a 6 hour drive back home. After my parents came up for my graduation on Friday (that post will come soon), we all headed out early that next morning for my Mom's family Christmas. We had a blast, and it was so good to see our family again since the wedding. Jerry even got to meet Santa Claus (up close and personal). We then had a great couple days finishing our Christmas shopping, playing tons of games, and putting together a random Obama puzzle (see pictures).

Matt showing off his new overalls.

Then, on the 23rd, we headed down to the Valley which only took around 7 1/2 hours (in an already packed car with 2 tooting pooches). We had a great meal with Jerry's family on Christmas Eve, and Santa even made another appearance at midnight for us all to open gifts.

Today has been filled with lots of food and sleep (as all trips to Jerry's parent's house are). We'll stay here until the 27th, and then head back to H-town for work on Monday. So, really, only Jerry has to work, but my time will be consumed with trying to fit our Christmas gifts into our near-bursting 2 bedroom apartment and trying to find a job for myself.

Hope you all have a blessed Christmas Day!

I LOVE THESE PHOTOS!

Ricardo & Kayla

Odion, Jacob, Angie, & Omon

Mom & Dad

WHOOP!

Heidi, Danny, & Cooper :)

Cynthia & Raciel

Catching the bouquet!

Nima & Erika

Joanna & Dad

Woohoo! We're finally married!

More Wedding Photos

Here are some more photos!

On the nose!

Cutting the cake.

Ay, ay, ay!

Yummmm... Crave Cupcakes!

The Cake

The Rings

The 1st Dance

Let the party begin!!!

The Happy Couple

The Bridal Party

Mr. & Mrs.!!!!

The first look...

Doug, Mom, and Matt

Courtney & Me

The Wedding Photos Have Arrived!

Kayla & Me

Kimie & Me

Nicole & Me

Joanna & Me

Flowergirl & Ring Bearer (aren't they adorable?!?!?)

Kayla, Nicole, and Joanna helping button my dress.

My Mom & my new Mother-In-Law

Omon, Doug, Patrick, Jerry, Nima, Edgar, & Michael

Walking down the aisle...

Making me beautiful!

Finally... We have waited for this day a whole 3 weeks... Hehe! We got our c.d. of our wedding photos in the mail today, and it has been so fun to go through them and remember where we were just a short time ago. Anyways, I am posting some of my favorites on the blog, but if you would like to view our entire gallery (a little over 700 photographs) I will email you the password to our online gallery. We were so blessed with wonderful weather and so many of our loving family and friends in attendance at our wedding. Thank you to all who helped us get to this point in our lives. You will forever hold a special place in our hearts.

The First Blog... Dah Dah Dah Dah!!!

So here it is... our first blog. Get excited people. I haven't done this before, so I guess you could call it first blog jitters. So much has happened in our lives these last few months, and hopefully, we can use this blog as a way for our family and friends to feel closer to us. Check back often, as we have TONS of pictures and commentary from the rehearsal, wedding, honeymoon, and married life in general to post. :)