Looking Towards the New Year

As January and 2012 creep closer and closer I just wanted to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our friends and family. We were blessed this year and were able to spend time with so many family members!

The week before Christmas my parents and Aunt Laurie came into town for the weekend - we took that opportunity to invite over Jeremy's grandpa and his wife as well as Jeremy's parents. It also just so happened that his brother Matt and his wife were in town for a wedding so they also came over! It was so much fun having everyone at our house; my first time really entertaining- it went well! We had lots of yummy snacks, the huge tree was all lit up and decorated, fire was burning in the woodstove & drinks were flowing. A giant game of Taboo even happened, with no fights! My team won of course :)

The weekend of Christmas was spent in Bellevue with my family this year. We had delicious food and a lot of laughs (as usual!). This year also marked the first time Jeremy and I visited as husband and wife- we got to stay in the guest bedroom together!! Cutter also enjoyed the trip, my dad spoiled him with bites of Christmas dinner: prime rib!

2011 was an overly incredible year for both Jeremy and I- it is hard to believe how fortunate we are. I hope 2012 is filled with just as many exciting and happy times for us and all of our family. Love to you all.

Halloween! (a few weeks later...)

Well - our pumpkins are now a rotting, melting mess but just wanted to post some pics from the night before Halloween when we carved them...

Duck Hunting

So dark at 5am! 

Well Jeremy finally convinced me to go out into the woods with him and cutter (and a couple of his co workers). I figured I better give in now while the weather isn't TOO awful- so I got up at the 0400 wake up call and put on like 10 layers of clothes and hopped in the truck. We ended up at a duck blind not very far from the parking area, so that we nice, except that it ended up being not a great spot. The boys shot at birds a few times but couldn't get any to drop... So after about 4-5 hours we gave up and came home. Although my feet ended up being really wet, I had a good time watching Jeremy do his thing. Here are a few pics from my iPhone:

Me all bundled up... 

Cutter :)

Jeremy and Cutter waiting for birds... 

Jeremy's friend - Cutter - Jeremy out in the water setting up decoys

trying to call in some ducks

Just Living Life

Well nothing much to report at the Condon household... Though time is flying by! I can not believe it is almost November (and almost Jeremy's birthday) and Christmas is just around the corner- wow!

We were hoping to have a woodstove installed tomorrow but it is pushed back a couple weeks due to our fireplace being a little abnormal. I'm really excited to have one though so its worth the wait.

Speaking of waiting... Still waiting for the wedding photos to be finished editing. Maggie from Honeysuckle Photography said she should be finished with them by next week- I am so excited! I'll share the link here when they arrive.

And now, a picture or two from our daily life... Via my new iPhone 4S :)

Making Our House a Home

Slowly but surely getting the house put together & ready for visitors other then our parents! So glad I got the day off today to be here for the couch delivery & so we could go buy kitchen furniture. Now we just need a fireplace & to hang some more pictures :)

Not Quite A HoneyMoon

But we did get to escape for a quick overnight mini camping trip out in Tillamook, Oregon at Jeremys parents property. We spent the amazingly gorgeous day at the river - went out for pizza - had a campfire and roasted marshmallows- then slept in our tent. It was a quick trip but lots of fun. I have pics on my camera to upload still, but here's an iPhone photo or two for now. By the way- this blog is posted via my phone- SO happy Blogger finally made an app :) yup, I'm a dork!

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