Love Marriage

I love the way Christmas fell on a Monday this year. I was able to spend time with my in-laws and still have Christmas with just Sean. It�s really important to make and keep some traditions between Sean and myself, just as it is to be with our families. This Christmas weekend, we drove to upstate New York early Friday afternoon. When we arrived we quickly dropped off our things and were out the door with Sean�s parents, niece and nephew. We needed to pick up some food for Saturday night�s dinner and we had a blast while doing so. Who would have thought grocery shopping could be so fun? When we returned from the grocery store, we settled in quickly and began watching movies, stuffing our faces and drinking wine. We watched �The Giver� on Netflix and I absolutely loved it. If you haven�t already seen it, I recommend that you do. The following morning it was so nice to wake up leisurely. I took my time getting up and when I could lounge no more I began to get ready. A few hours l

Two weekends ago, Sean and I traveled to upstate New York for 24 hours. We arrived Friday afternoon around 2pm and were gone Saturday afternoon at 2pm. Sean went to an ugly Christmas sweater party with some of his high school buddies and I chose to spend the night with Colleen and her crew. Anytime I can get some quality time with Colleen and Joey, I make sure to take it. Especially now with Joey�s vocabulary growing and the fact that he knows me by name, it�s really important to me to develop a relationship with him. And now with Colleen expecting #2 (a girl!) I have to get up here more often! We had plans to get dressed up to go out to a favorite restaurant of ours but we ended up just going out in sweats and getting Chinese food. It was perfect having Faith and Colleen time and being able to talk each other's ears off. I was thrilled to have an easy Friday night with my best friend. When we got back we continued watching Christmas movies until it was time to call it a nig