Just dropping in to say...

we had a GREAT Christmas!

Did you?

We enjoyed

family

friends

food

&

gifts

The boys got a huge Lego set to share

Ava got a new dolly

I accidentally got Marvin the wrong thing

and

Marvin got me...

 a new camera!!!!

and...Photoshop!

My wonderfully creative, romantic husband wrote a long story for me

complete with pictures (that I had taken over the past few years)

interspersed with clues to open several gifts in a certain order

The last gift (or so I thought) was Photoshop

After we opened our stockings, he gave me another card with another story

complete with pictures

with another clue to open the REAL last gift.

I cried when I opened the package and saw my very own

{{Cannon 40D}}

all snuggled up in the bubble wrap

I had to just keep coming back and peeking in the box for most of the morning

until I got enough nerve up after lunch to actually take it out

It really didn't seem real!

I would have been  super excited 

with just Photoshop

but

that's not how Marvin rolls

Remember this post from last Christmas?

The one about making it *magic* for me?

Well, my magic man did it again

and

I once again felt like a

total dork

since it's nearly impossible to buy the guy anything

and when I tried this year, I bought the

wrong thing.

So, sweetie, if or when you read this, I want you to know...

I don't take you for granted

and

I never expect what you do

or

feel entitled or deserving

you

treat me like a princess

and

~~~~~I love *YOU* so much!~~~~~