Stocking in a box!

Thanks to Mom and Pop for our awesome stocking-in-a-box! We were really going to miss our favorite thing to open up this Christmas...much to our surprise we got all this in the mail! Of course as a Deutsch tradition(one which will now become our tradition too), everything was individually wrapped. We love the little surprises inside each little present, and had to sample a few of them! Here are the bountiful contents we found inside:

Oops...yes, the pears were already gone when this pic was taken! They were so delicious!

Deck the Halls!

Christmas decorations 2009 (sorry for the blurry pics)
We made ornaments for the dogs one trip in Hilton Head...wow was Christian the little artist! He did the one below for Addy...

Pic of the mantle with Father Christmas

Tree with mantle done

Best pic of tree, but no mantle yet

I hate that this is the only way we get to show our pretty decorations...I guess one day we'll have to host Christmas so everyone can see in person!

It's a...friends, family, and 1/2 marathon!

A few recent random pics...dinner at Pure with Gretchie and Shaun...what a fun time!

Scrapbooking trip to Archiver's w/ the girls...great company, great lunch at Mimi's Cafe, and scrapping to our hearts desires:)

So proud of Christian for finishing and doing so well running his first 1/2 marathon on Thanksgiving morning...he finished at his goal in under 2 hours...whew, good job honey!