Fred and I's first Christmas was a lot of fun!!!!
- Finding the Tree!! I really wanted to get a tree, I had all the decorations but no tree to put them on... So I went out to go buy one, and as I was about to head out Fred told me to wait that he was going to check craigslist real quick... bargain hunting being my favorite past times I was totally game for that idea!! And sure enough someone had posted a 7' tree 10 minutes earlier that they had just bought last year... in perfect condition... for practically free.... 3 miles away from our house.... BASICALLY Jesus wanted us to have that tree...
- Decorating!!! Was a lot of fun!!! Christmas means a lot to us, and it is fun to get to express that in a creative way!
- Being Together!!! This year was a lot of new for us.... not only did we get married, but Fred also got a new job that has blessed us tremendously... with that new job he actually got Christmas Eve and Christmas off for the first time since coming to the US.. we know that we are young and that we may have to pay our time until we get to the point where we have all holidays off together and are on the same schedule... but what a blessing this year to have Christmas together!!!
- SNOW!!! This may not be a big deal to our friends and family from the great Pacific Northwest... but to our friends and family from Kenya, this is an adventure that they do not experience every year at their homes.... SO this is Fred shoveling our lovely driveway (which neither of us have had to do in the past, because we have lived at apartment complexes where they shovel for you....or you have a Dad like mine...) we are so blessed to have this house and to get to shovel this lovely thing called snow that God gives us.
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