conclusion of 2013 {part1}

Greetings friends! gosh, once again i don't quite know how to pick up where i've left off. i'm not a very constant blogger, but i suppose it makes me more mysterious; you never really know when i'm gonna publish next… dun dun duuh. i decided that i'm going to share my conclusion of 2013 in 2 parts. the first part being until Christmas, and the second part being from then till now. lets begin:
so around the end of November me and Jeff gave in and bought our Christmas tree! (so exciting!) it was our first time decorating a tree thats considered "ours". it was a fantastic feeling. (and just to clarify, it was in fact a real tree, none of that fake stuff.) 

next came something that comes every year. although it requires time and energy we always feel so much accomplishment once its been completed: the snow bear. 

December was really busy for me at work. being in retail, its naturally the busiest craziest time of the year! so i wasn't too surprised when i found out i had to work Christmas Eve and Boxing Day, and in the end it wasn't even that bad. but then once the hustle and bustle of Christmas shoppers was done me and Jeff leapt at the opportunity to take a little "holiday"! (i'll share more on that in part 2) Christmas was really great! it was so lovely to just hangout as a family on Christmas Day. Tiffany had come up a little while before Christmas so we had quite a bit of time to hang out and whatnot before she had to leave again. Christmas Eve everyone came over to our house! …ok thats a half-truth, everyone went over to our landlords house haha. It was fun, we just hung out upstairs with their family and quite a few others! ate good food, laughed a lot, then headed home for Christmas Eve shenanigans! me and Jeff spent Christmas Eve at my parents, it was so nice. our first Christmas as a married couple was so fantastic. so, although its a bit late,

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE MARTENS'!

to be continued…
a.mart