Photo of the Day

"Handmade"

The Haircut

Well, I did it! I gave Daniel a haircut. You may think this is not a big deal, but this was the first time I've ever cut anyone's hair! I got Daniel a hair cutting kit for Christmas, something he said he wanted. I knew he'd want me to cut his hair and the first haircut came on Saturday. I was really nervous, worried that I'd mess up, but it actually turned out pretty good.

Photo of the Day

"Hats"

Photo of the Day

My friend, Melissa, created a Facebook group called "Photo of the Day" and challenged her friends to take creative pictures to represent each week's theme. I joined the group and thought I'd post my photos on here as well. This week's theme was "Beginning".

Happy New Year!

2009 was a year filled with big changes for us. We began the year anticipating a move across the country for Daniel's new job. We packed up our belongings and sent them off in a PODS container. Then we made the cross-country trip to the Boston area. Daniel got back into the working world while I adjusted to not working. We spent a lot of time exploring Boston and the North Shore and found a great church home. We have made some great friends and are now feeling at home here in Beverly. I am amazed at all that has happened this last year for us and I'm looking forward to what God will do in 2010!

Daniel and I rang in the new year with our small group friends. We hosted a fondue party at our place and had a great time of fellowship.

Christmas

Daniel and I had a quiet Christmas Eve together. I spent the morning in the kitchen cooking dinner while Daniel worked a few hours in the Lawrence office. We ate dinner around 1:30, a delicious roast with rosemary/garlic potatoes, ginger glazed carrots and sparkling peach juice. I even surprised Daniel with a strawberry silk pie for dessert. We attended a beautiful Christmas Eve service at church and returned home to exchange gifts. Christmas Day was spent with our friends from church. We enjoyed a turkey dinner together, played games and had a white elephant gift exchange.

This year's Christmas ornament

Our wonderful friends!

Christmas Cookies

I've been in a baking mood the last few weeks and with Christmas coming, I decided to make some Christmas cookies. I thought it would be fun to create special cookies for our small group friends. Here is the finished product.

Daniel and I also had our friends, Jesse and Kelly, over on Saturday to make sugar cookies using our new cookie press. We had tons of fun learning how to use the press and decorating cookies. They were very tasty!

Preparing the dough
Filling the tube with dough
Pressing the dough onto cookie sheet