Saturday, December 22, 2012

12-12, I said it was bad.....


.....and it is!  Take a look at this picture.  Really?!  The guy couldn't have snapped one more photo where I didn't look like a squawking bird?!  Sheesh!  This really instills faith in my photography skills-- or at least my perseverance to make my subjects look as good as I can.  Gee whiz.  I told Sven there was no way I was putting this on the blog..... but I reconsidered.  A Santa photo, contrary to what I have been rambling on about, is about the kids (not mom's awful appearance).  So, here is the FIRST photo I have of not only Emalie with Santa, but Nikolas with Santa as well.  Ten years ago in Missoula, we had Nikolas' Santa photo taken at the mall.  The studio lost the picture and we never saw or got a copy of it.  As a first-time parent, you can only imagine how disappointed I was.  It's all about the memories....... 





(Sorry for the duplicate post, but I accidentally deleted the original.)

12-15, Christkindl Market

A little taste of Germany is what we were looking for when we went to Denver's Christkindl Market.  A little taste is what we got, but it was nice anyway to be reminded of the holiday season as it is in Germany.  It's a small market that doesn't offer the variety of things as there would be in the markets in Germany, but it was pretty good for Colorado!  We had a few tasty treats and enjoyed looking at the stands; we were especially happy to have found Emalie's first Christmas ornament.  How perfect that it is an angel eating cookies atop a cloud!  That's our Emalie-- our angelic cookie-monster!  

Aren't they just so sweet together?

Yes, I did make him stand there for this picture.  How embarrassing, right?!

Don't you just love these "rah-rah" (rabbit) earmuffs we got her?!  She did!

The market at a glance.

Carriages all around this time of year.

Daddy helping Emalie put her ornament on the tree.

Emalie taking it all in.

Emalie's first Christmas ornament.



 Merry Christmas, everyone!!