Photobooth Fun

I am newly obsessed with photobooths at weddings.  Sarah and Brandon had one at their wedding, and we went to one last October that also had a photobooth.  They are so much fun!!  Here are the pics of my fiance and me from the photobooth at Sarah and Brandon's!

I feel like this strip accurately depicts our relationship and personalities.  Goofy, silly, fun, and passionate :)  Hmmm... I think I'll put this on our wedding wishlist...

Photo Dump: Carter Comes to Play!

My little monkey with his little monkey

Lots of smiles for Aunt Melissa!

Boy time. The look on their faces says it all.

Godparents <3

Worn out after a long day of playing :)

Baby Carter!

Carter Dennis
Born at 6:41pm on Wednesday, January 12, 2011.
7lbs 6oz
21 inches
Happy, healthy, and handsome!
Mom and baby are both doing amazing. The birth was healthy and went flawlessly. Mindy was strong and so focused throughout the entire delivery. I am so proud of her, probably more than she'll ever know. Here are just a few pictures:

All cleaned up, right after birth

My handsome little nephew

Momma and baby

Feeding time!

Christmas Prepping!

Spent the day doing Christmas prep: buying gifts, wrapping presents, and making/decorating cookies! It was perfect :)

Making cookies

Being silly while we decorate  :) (He makes me smile)

Decorated cookies!

Presents!  Love my penguin wrapping paper

Our family Christmas picture <3

Christmas Time

The apartment is looking very festive, and it makes me super happy. The lights from the tree and the windows gives the house a warm glow, and it's very much putting me even more into the Christmas spirit! I love it--it's such a great feeling, and H and I are having such a great time decorating and starting our own Christmas traditions.

Our homemade stockings from 2008--still using them, only this time they are hung up together!

The wreath my mom gave us. It's perfect---it's the right size for our door, and it matches our tree perfectly.

Our beautiful tree! You can see the window lights/decorations in the background, too. It all makes me so happy :)

I bought cookie ingredients tonight, too. I'm making 5 different Christmas cookies to share and gift, plus gingerbread cookies--H and I have a tradition of making gingerbread cookies and decorating them together. It's one of our favorite traditions together.

Oh, and it snowed today! :) I'm absolutely feeling the Christmas spirit this year, and I love it!

Christmas Spirit

The perfect relaxation...curled up on the couch under a comfy blanket enjoying the soft glow of the Christmas tree.  I love the holidays!

Spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Future

Past:
Christmas was always a very big thing with my family. We would go out and cut down a tree together, bake cookies, and the house was full of so much Christmas spirit and love. None of that has changed, but over the past 5 years my Christmas spirit has slowly dwindled away. When my Grammy passed away in January 2006, it was like Christmas was no longer the same. Our family still went about doing things the same, but some little part of my Christmas spirit was gone.

Present:
This year, I feel my Christmas spirit coming back. This is H's and my first Christmas in our own home. And for some reason, this has really put both of us into the Holiday mood. I've been baking more and we've been working on Christmas presents already, this weekend we went to Bronner's CHRISTmas Wonderland with our friends and got some great ornaments, and today we put up our tree. Yes, it's a bit early to set up our tree, but ya know what? We are both feeling the Christmas spirit for the first time in years and we're so excited to be celebrating Christmas as our own family this year that we decided to go with it and let the Christmas spirit take over. Plus, it makes us happy! :)

Future:
This is our first Christmas as our own family, and is the first of many Keith family Christmases to come. We are so excited to be celebrating together and to be celebrating next Christmas as a (hopefully) married couple--God is truly blessing us! I really hope that the fact that our Christmas spirit is back this year that it only stays and keeps getting stronger for every year from now on.


Here are a few pics from this weekend around Frankenmuth, Michigan and in Bronners. It was seriously so great to have Rob and Teresa up here to spend time together and it was the best mini-vacation we've had in a while!


The 4 of us (Rob, Teresa, me, H) in front of a tree at Bronners




H and I in front of the tree at Bronners




H found one of those fun German "oompa" hats and had to embrace his German heritage

My Sister's Babyshower

This weekend was my sister's baby shower for my little soon-to-be nephew! It was so much fun and it was great to see her surrounded by family and friends who support and love her. Here are just a few pictures: