I married Clark Griswold. It's plain and simple. I kind of knew this over the course of seven years of being with him. But, it REALLY became apparent when I married him. It started when we were shopping for Christmas decorations over Thanksgiving weekend. It grew to when he bought home a
giant Christmas tree. And it became official last weekend on our way home from mass Saturday evening.
One of our many Christmas traditions has been to drive around and look at Christmas lights. It started on our first Christmas and has not stopped ever since. And, it happens to be one of our favorite traditions. Not much to my surprise, Bryan decided to show me all the awesome houses that were decorated with lights. One home in particular he saved for last. I figure it would be like every other house he thought was awesome. He proved me wrong.
Clark Griswold's home...Kansas style. Bryan decided to show me what our future home will look like. But, with MORE lights. Picture a cartoon character who's eyes just popped out of its head. That is what I looked liked. Love this guy!

So, I am officially on holiday break for the remainder of 2010 from photography to spend time with Bryan, our friends and our families. And to catch up on sleep and do things like making a gingerbread house and watching Elf ten times a week. I wish I were joking. And, because I am currently on a photography holiday break, this is what happens on our weekends when we sleep until ten and stay in our pajamas all day.
Somehow, the finished product did not turn out like it did in the picture. That or we got a little impatient with the icing and went overboard. Our oh so beautifully hand-crafted Gingerbread home complete with Santa's sleigh, Santa and his reindeers.

I'm not going to lie, everytime I see this in our entryway, I want to live in it. Who wouldn't?! It's a house made of sugar! Alright, I will be honest. I want to eat the whole darn thing. It is probably a good thing it is a gluten heart attack waiting to happen otherwise Bryan might find me covered in cookie crumbs and icing.

With the holidays right around the corner, Bryan and I want to wish all of our friends, families, co-workers and wonderful clients turned friends a happy and wonderful holiday filled with lots of naps, Christmas movies, love, safe travels, sugar cookies, lots of thanks, hot cocoa, peace, chocolate, good food and the best of the best company!