Christmas 2012

 We decide to buy a fake tree this year. It is 4ft fir tree, much easier clean up then i real tree. But i do miss the smell of a real tree. We will get a real one again when we have kids, so they can experience a real one. Until then its perfect tree for just us. 

My tree angel i got this year. It changes colors, red, blue, yellow, green.

My new wreath, that i made this year for Christmas to hang on the front door.

I put part of my Christmas village on front of the TV this year and the rest of the village the window seal in my bedroom.

Chocolate Chip Zucchini bread

 It was a great Christmas, and we got lots good presents. It was fun to celebrating Christmas with our nephew this year and seeing it trough his eyes.  We are looking forward to another new year and seeing what challenges it brings us. Hope you all have happy new year!!

My First Quilt

I am making my first quilt, its called a Happy Daze Quilt, made with 8 quilters quarters. Its will be a wall quilt when its all done. I have everything cut out and now I am sewing all the pieces together. My mom helped me get started and show me how to do it.

Drivers Ed

Drivers Ed is going great so far. Next is the week of class and will be just driving days. Day 1 of driving i did well in the chemeketa parking lot. But I did run over the curb. I learned how to back up and park. Need work more on parking. Day 2 of driving drove in residential, went very well. Learned how to yield to oncoming traffic and work more on my turning and stopping. Also need to work more on my signaling. I am starting to get more confident on driving and not so scared about it anymore. My next drive day is hopefully this weekend with my parents and then sure driving with my teacher on wed after class. I will keep you all update as more comes along. 

Karyn

Its been awhile!!

Its been awhile sense I have wrote in my blog. Work is going good and we are busy this summer. I started Driver's Ed this summer term and it is going well so far. Its the fasts way for me to learn to drive and learn the right way. LOL!! Hope to have my license in a few months from now. 

We moved to a new apartment. Just down the road from our old apartment. Its a lot nicer place and little bigger. It also has washer and dryer hook ups. So we become first time washer and dryer owners this last week. 

Its whirlpool high efficiency washer and energy saver dryer.

 We love them and are really enjoying them.

 

We plan to stay here for a long time, even start our family here in about three years or so. I am beginning to get things unpacked when I have time between work and school. Got some pictures hung and for the most part everything is beginning to get into its place. 

Last week we went and picked strawberries. It was the first time for me picking strawberries at farm. I told Kyle we got to make it tradition every summer from now on. It was really fun and we love oregon strawberries. We got a big bowl full. I don't know how to make Jam but I would love to learn. I frozen some for later and we ate the rest. I did make a cobbler with last of the ones we saved out. 

Me with our fresh picked Oregon Strawberries from Fordyce Farms.

Strawberry and Blackberry Cobbler.

Well that sums up our last few months. The year has by fast for us, we will be married a year already in august. It feels like we just got married. It has been amazing tho and we have had our share of challenges. But I would not change it for anything. Look forward to many more years of marriage. 

Karyn

How things are going!!!

Things are going great. I finally got a job in February working at hotel in laundry and breakfast bar. I am really enjoying it and glad to making income to help us out. Still going to school to get my CNA and plan to start the program this fall. We recently buy a fish. Had some some sad experiences with them. First fish we bought was four goldfish they died the next day. Then got Betta fish that also died the next day. Then we had water tasted because we something was wrong with,  but it tested to be good. So we asked petco why our fish were dieing. They said could have been sick fish. So we bought another Betta fish and did more research. Got all the proper stuff we need and now this new fish we named Charlie seems to being great.  

We are looking forward to summer and going on first camping trip as an married couple in July to Beverly beach. It will be fun trip for us. I hope to go a lighthouse for the first time and maybe Ripley believe it or not.

Its our first married Christmas. We are enjoying it and looking forward to Christmas. I decorated our apartment and our first Christmas Tree. I put my Christmas Village and our stockings. Its nice to enjoy the whole month of December. I made my own Sugar Cookies this year. It was fun Kyle helped me decorated some. We are having annual family Christmas cookie baking day tomorrow, and I made M & M cookies to share with everyone. They turned out very good. Smell wonderful!

Our First Christmas Tree

My Christmas Village

My Nativity Scene

Our Stockings

Our New Wedding Ornament

Our new Disney Ornament we got on our honeymoon in Disneyland.

This will be a Christmas that we remember forever. Starting our own family traditions, still in the creating process. Our first tradition is starting a photo album of all the things we buy to add to our Holiday collection. By taking a photo of it and then add journalism with it say why we got it and what it represent and means to us. Its great start to our family traditions and many more decide on and to come this year. More in future years as things change. 

Love 

Karyn Lynch

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