Saturday, December 26, 2009
AFC Christmas Party
Last week, Heather's work had their Christmas Party at Des Moines Golf and Country Club. What a great reason to get all dressed up! Unfortunately, I had a nasty cold...puffy eyes and head congestion.
Derek was super jazzed to put on a tie!
Joni and Derek were all smiles as we sat down for a fantastic dinner.
Dawn and Aaron are also excited to celebrate Christmas. Aaron, as usual, is counting his money.
Jon and Kim enjoyed the dinner as well!
The "fun" table!
The staff gave Gary and Barb some Christmas presents.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Ugly/Awesome Christmas Sweater Party
It wouldn't be a Christmas season if there wasn't a chance to break out an ugly Christmas sweater and a few weekends ago, the Lubach's provided us with that opportunity! They hosted their 1st Annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party. My mom, a retired elementary art teacher, graciously let us borrow a few of her "best" Christmas sweaters and some fine jewelery.
We completely forgot to snap pictures of the other sweaters but hopefully Sarah will update their blog with some of her pictures. There was a vote for the "best" sweater...and wouldn't you know it I won the prize! The trophy...a cowboy boot coffee cup!
The second best way to spread Christmas cheer...a good Christmas sweater!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Office Christmas Decor
My office is great. I enjoy working there, we do a lot of work but we also have a lot of fun. I am actually on the Rating & Analysis Fun Committee and our job is to plan fun activities through the year. With the Christmas in full swing, we thought we could bring some cheer to the office with a row decorating competition. Each of the 5 rows had until Wednesday, December 16th to decorate anyway they wanted too. Then anyone can come by and vote on a post-it note for their favorite row, and then Monday at 2:00pm the votes will be tallied and a winner will be declared! As of Wednesday only 3 of the 5 rows had decorated, but I have a feeling there will be some late entries.
Mike and his row went for a snowflake theme.
Kyle shows off his hand crafted snowflakes.

The real competition was another row down, they went with the theme of Santa's sleigh. At the front of their row, they had some reindeer...
...and the names of the "traditional" reindeer.
And then, each desk had a reindeer with a not so common reindeer name. Natalie's reindeer is Natster.
Cheryl's is Stasher
April's is Blitzenia
Rhonda's is Rhonder
...and Elizabeth's is Lizglow, her desk is the first one, so like Rudolph, Lizglow has a shinny nose.
And at the back of their row they had Santa's sleigh, complete with sleigh bells and presents!
My row went with the theme "O Christmas Tree", here is Todd standing next to his tree.
Stephanie hand crafted some trees and then wrapped her file cabinet like a giant present, we even put out candy in hopes of winning some votes!
I made this tree, it stands between Alissa and my desk. Behind us is a string of paper clips with silver bells.
Denise and her tree.
Zach and his tree
At the end of our row, we put up the song "O Christmas Tree" Alissa and Michelle show off all our trees!
At the front of our row, I installed a fireplace!
...complete with a wood mantel
...and a moving fire. The fire is made from tissue paper and I cut slots and installed a fan to make the fire dance!
Here is my row, sitting by the fire!
Mike and his row went for a snowflake theme.
Garrett models his wall of snow.
Better Together...4 years!
4 years ago today, I married my best friend. That sounds cheesy I know, but all the same it is true. December 17th, 2005, the day was a lot of fun and flew by. It was a day filled with family and friends, smiles and tears of joy, love and laughter!
My bride and my sister on our wedding day
After the ceremony, we both have big smiles as we head to the limo!

My bride and my sister on our wedding day
After the ceremony, we both have big smiles as we head to the limo!...the next morning we flew out to Hawaii for our honeymoon!
Happy Anniversary Heather,
I love that you are my wife!
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Christmas Decor
With the Christmas season in full swing we see Christmas decorations every where. I just love Christmas decorations, they seem to brighten everything up! With that said, I thought I would show you the Christmas decorations we have around our home, a virtual tour of our home.
Here is the kitchen, Christmas is on the calendar...literally! Hanging above the calendar is our do-it-yourself project.

In the front living room we find the Christmas tree full of lights, red berries and some fun sticks at the top!
This year we went light on the tree decorations but Heather out did herself with wrapping the presents! Complete with homemade tags.
We have a small poinsettia next to a hurricane filled with white and red ornaments.
On the coffee table we have a 5-tier candles with some fun garland.

The Willow Tree Nativity set fits perfectly in our telephone nook...it's like a built in manger.
We added some silver ornaments and some lights to give a little Christmas cheer to our lantern.
Heading downstairs we have our square wreath made with real pine hanging above our fireplace. The stockings are hung from the mantel.
Here is the kitchen, Christmas is on the calendar...literally! Hanging above the calendar is our do-it-yourself project.

In the front living room we find the Christmas tree full of lights, red berries and some fun sticks at the top!
This year we went light on the tree decorations but Heather out did herself with wrapping the presents! Complete with homemade tags.
We have a small poinsettia next to a hurricane filled with white and red ornaments.
On the coffee table we have a 5-tier candles with some fun garland.
I read on a blog to try and put a wreath in an unexpected place, so this year, we have a red berry wreath at the foot of our bed.
The Willow Tree Nativity set fits perfectly in our telephone nook...it's like a built in manger.
We added some silver ornaments and some lights to give a little Christmas cheer to our lantern.
Heading downstairs we have our square wreath made with real pine hanging above our fireplace. The stockings are hung from the mantel.Wednesday, December 9, 2009
SNOW DAY!
Last night, we got 15 inches of snow...15 inches! Today, due to high winds and drifting it seems like the whole city is shut down. Travel is not advised, all the schools are closed, even the city buses aren't running. Add all of that together and you get a snow day. Both Heather and I stayed home from work today. Heather is able to work from home, I took the day off!
Here is our deck covered in snow!
15 inches of snow covers everything.
Here is our deck covered in snow!
15 inches of snow covers everything.Sunday, December 6, 2009
Christmas Party
This past Friday our small group had our annual progressive dinner/ugly Christmas sweater party! It was a ton of fun once again. We started at our house with a few appetizers and then headed west to Matt and Meredith's, then Josh and Kelly's new place in Adel and finished at Mike and Sarah's in Waukee. We forgot to snap pics at our house, but on our way to West Des Moines, we saw some great Christmas lights.
This house is on 62nd St, just north of Hickman...amazing!
Heather is sporting Christmas present earrings...very festive!
The whole group at Matt and Meredith's.
Each place that we stopped, we also played a game. At Josh and Kelly's they set up a racing bracket and we each picked a Hot Wheels car from a hat and raced them down the track!
This house is on 62nd St, just north of Hickman...amazing!
Heather is sporting Christmas present earrings...very festive!
The whole group at Matt and Meredith's.
Each place that we stopped, we also played a game. At Josh and Kelly's they set up a racing bracket and we each picked a Hot Wheels car from a hat and raced them down the track!
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