Happy New Year!

From the Mustachioed Nielsen's

Christmas Eve Eve

Coming down the mountain into Ramona after the rain... no smoke, just clouds.

-CtF

Its beginning to smell a lot like Christmas...

Pipparkakor Bread... a Swedish Christmas must!  My mom has been baking these little loafs and its definitely one of the smells I associate with Christmas.  That warm bready smell mixed with cinnamon, cloves, and cardamon...What smell makes you think of Christmas?  Cinnamon?  Peppermint?  Evergreen?

Ok grab the kleenex, this does have something to do with Christmas...

UPDATE (12/22): Here's a great synopsis of this Christmas miracle.  You still do need tissues though ;)

Just read about this through another blog... a real life Christmas miracle.  Check it out if you get a chance!

[just a mild warning- the linked blog has some harsh language- not in the actual post that I've linked but in other parts... but its still worth reading about an amazing community of generosity!]

-CtF

this has nothing to with Christmas...

...except maybe the joy aspect... still you should totally watch this to the end!

-CtF

2010 Christmas Tree!

Ok... Mr. Incredible made me take the Austin Angel down... saying something about it being sacrilegious... but I thought it was a nice touch!

This may be a problem...

and there may or may not be a treat hidden in the tree... but I wouldn't know anything about that!