Christmas Time

So it's been christmas lately.  I phrase it that way because with so much family close our christmas extended pretty much over the entire weekend.  Here are some highlights:

 Sarah got a backpack to carry all her camera equipment.  She was very excited about it!

 Dan's parents got him a patriots sweatshirt.  I'm fairly certain he hasn't taken it off since. except to sleep.

 Earlier this month i took a bunch of pictures of my brother, and chose the best one to make into this canvas for my mom.  She was showing him what it turned out like.

 One of my gifts was an adapter that allows me to fit an older pentax lens on my nikon.  With this lens, i can take pictures of the stars, such as this one of Orion.  I'm super excited about astrophotography!

 Our christmas tree.  Dan and I decorated it last week.  It's pretty and you can't have christmas without a tree, right?

Reindeer.  Need I say more?


How was your Christmas?

November

So last saturday Dan and i went to downtown annapolis with Beka, Joel, Corrie, and Meimei.  After eating, we opted to loiter around the naval academy.  Ok, not really.  I was taking pictures and they were humoring me.

Inside bancroft hall is a bathroom done entirely in marble.  For no apparent reason.  There was a HUGE mirror so i took the opportunity to get a picture of myself.


















We hid in bells. (this is not me).

Dan and I with a tree that looks kinda like a christmas tree.  I believe the plan is to put this one in our christmas letter.  So here's a sneak peak.


















And this is probably close to the only tree in Annapolis that still has leaves on it.  It was such a pretty golden color I couldn't resist taking a picture.





For the record, I CANNOT believe it's nearly Christmas already.  Today is December 1 (don't let the post title fool you.  I do know what month it is.)  I guess I need to get busy working on christmas gifts; I'm rapidly running out of time to get them finished and to finish my shopping.