Matthew and I had the most amazing Christmas together this year. This is our third Christmas as a married couple but our very first one alone with just ourselves. It was a great way for us to catch up and get to know each other again without all the hastles of getting ready to travel somewhere. It was seriously so much fun. We decided to have a $50 limit on spending and had to include at least one home made present for each other. It was a fun experience getting creative for each other and coming up with ideas. Our Christmas tree was the most beautiful tree I have ever had. I am really surprised at myself because I am so OCD about things and since our tree was not "perfect" I was worried it would bother me, but I actually LOVE it! I am heart broken to get rid of it to be perfectly honest.
So we woke up at 9:30 to open presents. Actually Matthew woke up at 6, but I was not about to get out of bed at that time so we waited patiently for me. And by patiently, I mean he stared at me while I slept!! We finally got up and had fun taking turns opening our presents for each other. We saved our home made presents for last and I have to say that I was so impressed by Matthew's present that he made for me. We welded some horse shoes to look like a heart with a stand and painted it red. It looks so cute in our living room. I got a shadow box frame and painted it to say "I Love You Because..." so that we could write why we love each other every day and change it as many times as we like. We had a great time!
Then we skyped with my grandmother and opened the presents that she sent to us and called Matthew's family and spoke with them for a while. Something neither of us have done before was go to the movies on Christmas, but we decided to go on a fun double date with our good friends Jeremy and Kristin and their aborable little girl Brynlee at 1 for a matinee movie. We decided to watch the movie Life of Pi and we really enjoyed it. I cried...not that it is much of a surprise to anyone who knows me, but I did.
Matthew's favorite part of the day was the dinner part. We cooked a very yummy meal which consisted of cube steak and gravy, homemade mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, a medley of vegetables, rolls and a salad. We were stuffed with deliciousness and watched our new Disney movies for the rest of the night. It was one of those days that we decided Heaven would be like and were perfectly content cuddling to Disney for the rest of forever!
We are so grateful for the time that we had together to just relax and have an amazing day together. We are so grateful for our loving Heavenly Father and the sacrifice that our Savior and brother Jesus Christ has given us. I am so happy for the blessings that my family has to be together forever and look forward to all that will come of our lives in the future.
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