the biggest party ever!

In the month of December I get so excited for the Christmas season. I love getting a christmas tree, decorating it with all the sentimental ornaments, listening to the christmas songs, and finding gifts for the ones I love. AND! of course I love getting Christmas cards. They are so exciting.. always a highlight of the month.

This year Kellen and I stayed in Portland... Since we just got here, and got jobs it was nearly impossible to leave. So we made the best of it. We had gifts mailed to us, mailed gifts to them, and decorated. And for this year we get to enjoy each other, and a quite Christmas. We got up at 5 AM this morning (We were really excited!)  and opened the few presents under the tree and thought of our families in California and Wisconsin. We then had some eggs benedict (because we've made that our Christmas tradition.) We've also "Face Time"ed with some, and hopefully more tonight. I love technology!

But as this day goes by I keep pinching myself not to forget the real reason for Christmas. Its Jesus' birthday.. the day my savior was born. He was born for me. for kellen. for our families. and for everyone on this earth. I am grateful. And he is the best present of them all. This afternoon after our thanks to God, I thought of my mum and wished she was here. This is our first Christmas without her... and Kellen reminded me that this is her first Christmas with Jesus! And that she is in heaven celebrating the biggest celebration with her family. It was great reminder to not be selfish in this time, but be thankful.

So for that I'm thankful. I'm thankful that Jesus was born today, and that my mum gets to celebrate and be at his birthday party! I bet its the best of them all!


Below is a just a super cute video of some kiddos in Auckland. Its been making its way around facebook, so maybe you've seen it.. If not its short, sweet and to the point! I hope your Christmas was as beautiful as ours is. We are looking forward to the new year and all it holds for us!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

A Crafty Christmas

A Perlberg Crafty Christmas & some other stuff...

Welp My favorite time of the year is here! I am so excited to have our own place where we can do what we like to do, and decorate the way we love to decorate. I am in love & obsessed with Pinterest (much to Kellens dismay) and got plenty of ideas for this year! We made some epic yarn balls. Small ones for the tree, a medium for the top of the tree, and big ones for our chandler!  I'm also obsessed with pallets. They turn into such random things, and the wood is so great! We went to a restore and got a few. Kellen turned a few into some shelves. AWESOME! And we have my grandma and grandpa's wedding photos displayed in them. Plus an orchid in honor of my mum. We also have lots of owls, and cameras! Most have all been given to me. I love them!! 

But my most favorite thing in our house, is our mantle! Kellen just whipped out that wood (made from pallets) extension for the mantle, and I printed on some old pages to make a "French" Christmas  banner. I'm in love.

I hope your Christmas is as wonderful as it is for us. And if you haven't joined pinterest, DO IT NOW! :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

The Lawrence Wedding

On an unusually warm day in California this October, we went to join Brian and Allison on their special day! They were married outside at the Country Club in Hanford. Their little boy, AJ got to join in on the hoopla as well. He was amazing and oh so adorable. 

Since the wedding was later in the day, we got to do a first look! Which is my favorite moment of the day... its the most emotional and most exciting. We went to a beautiful house with some huge trees and an amazing pond. Their wedding was filled with friends, family and fun!

Thanks Allison and Brian for letting us be there on your day. It was beautiful!!