We loved our Christmas tree. It was awesome. We cut it down on a tree farm about 15 minutes from our house. Our eyes were clearly bigger than our stomachs as we brought home a almost 10 foot, 200 lb tree! 
Note how much taller the tree is than Jake!
Jake had a retreat up in the mountains at Suncadia resort. We got to tag along and enjoy the snow, iceskating, and I even enjoyed sitting in a outside hot tub while enjoying 20 degree weather! 
Karmen and I headed to Seattle to see the Nutcracker and eat dinner at P.F. Changs one Saturday in December. It was a great girl's night out and a reminder that we need to do that more often. 
I had never seen the nutcracker before. It was a weird story and not easy to catch what was going on if you didn't know the story. Luckily I read the story at intermission and then understood a lot more of what was going on. Still, a very weird story!
Last year I was pretty bummed when Over the Rhine came to Seattle on Jake's birthday. I hadn't really made friends yet and it just didn't feel right going without them. I had been looking randomly to see if they were making another trip but had never found anything. A couple weeks before our anniversary Jake sent me an email with tickets to see them at The Triple Door in Seattle. Best concert and concert venue ever...hands down!
A little taste of our evening!
Turns out, we're not real big fans of carving pumpkins around here so we ended up with 5 pumpkins that weren't carved, including one that was big enough to become our new home. The thrifty side of me could not stand to see those pumpkins turn into pumpkin bowling material so, I spent an amazing amount of time slicing, steaming, and pureeing these pumpkins!
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