Merry Christmas!

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!! I know we sure did :)

I was so excited about Christmas this year because us kids decided to make Dad the focus! Jesse, my brother, and I all pulled our resources to get dad a gift he's always wanted. We made him wait until the very last present to open it. We ordered him a book about the strange things to see in Montana and he opened that first. He had a very special envelope too. Inside, there was a letter explaining that this year, our gift to him was a trip to MONTANA!! He has talked about visiting Montana since we were kids and now he's going to get to go :) Also, as an added bonus, us kids worked on it together and DIDN'T kill each other! He's been telling anyone and everyone who would listen. He got choked up and mom of course cried and it made for a perfect Christmas day!

Jesse got a Wii from my parents and I got him Wii accessories and a few other small things. Jesse got me some Christmas dishes I had been eyeballing from Target. I can't wait for Christmas next year when we can use them at our new home! And I got a Nook from my parents. We also purchased a larger tv for a gift to ourselves.

 

New Year's Eve is tomorrow and we are so looking forward to what 2013 will have in store for us! New home together, marriage, graduation, new job for Jesse... it should prove to be an exciting year for the new Hanrahans!

Cowboy Coolness!

My coworker's boyfriend welds things and he made us this cool football sculpture out of metal!

We love it and can't wait to put it on our new shelves!!

2 months to go!

Today is the two month mark!! We will be Mr. & Mrs. Hanrahan in 62 days :)

I can't believe how fast time seems to be flying by! In a few short days it'll be our wedding year! We've been waiting an awfully long time for it and it's finally close.

Lots of exciting wedding things going on! We've picked a place for our rehearsal dinner. We'll all be dining at our favorite little burger place!! We ordered some very cute dinner invites and can't wait for them to come so we can send them out! There's also talk of a wedding shower and bachelorette party! I'm so excited to get to spend time with female relatives and friends to celebrate our new life as husband and wife :) We are trying to tie up the planning loose ends as well. We still have some minor details to take care of before the big day!

It is also that time of year for Christmas parties! We went to an ornament exchange party last weekend and this weekend mom and I had our annual mother daughter Christmas party. We had a lot of fun catching up with everyone!

Christmas is just three days away and we are so excited! We have a major surprise in store for my dad and I can't wait to share it!!

We are also moving in 20 days! Jesse says every day how excited he is that we'll have our place :) We are currently working on making a headboard and painting furniture that we bought a few months ago. Hopefully we'll have it done by moving day.

December Excitement Continues!

We have FINALLY purchased our last big furniture piece for the new apartment! We went to ikea last weekend and bought a dining table. We bought six chairs so come visit for dinner :) Moving day is officially less than a month away!

December also came with some more good news for my dad :) He has been having his CEA levels monitored. A good score is 0. Last check he was at 43, this check he was at 20! His doctor also said if his next scan is a good as his last, they may tone down his dosage and spread his chemo treatments out from every two weeks to every three! Keep those prayers coming!

We received an early Christmas present from Mike (Jesse's Dad) and Debbie. It said to open right away and boy were we glad we did! It was just what every Christmas tree needs, a Damarcus Ware ornament! My Rams fan of a father was less than thrilled when we hung it on the tree ;)

 

We've also been crafting (thanks Pinterest)! We made some coasters for our new home using some of our favorite pictures of us. They'll look awesome in our new place!

 

More exciting December posts to come! We've still got horse races and parties to go to, not to mention Christmas festivities!!

P.S. As another early Christmas gift, that sneaky fiancé of mine came home from school two days early! I had no idea and thought he had finals until Wednesday. He is the master of surprises!

Holy Moly It's December!

Where has the year gone?! It feels like yesterday it was only January and the wedding was so far away!

Well it's already looking like Christmas at our house! We started shopping two weeks ago and are almost finished! I've even started wrapping gifts. My mom has enlisted our help this weekend to get out and put up all of the Christmas decor.

Also this week we got some fun deliveries! Our mattresses are here so we're going to pick them up today. Our big Christmas present to each other is here and we picked it up yesterday... a new 40" TV!! We also got some cute little things in the mail yesterday. Owl and circle pillow covers for our couch and a hippo toothbrush holder! I also got part of Jesse's wedding present :) Our future little home is almost furnished! We just need a dining room table (which we've already picked out at ikea).

Let the holiday fun begin! We're officially kicking it off with my company Christmas party tonight :)

We've also broken out the Michael Bublé Christmas music :)