Christmas 2023
For several years now, we have taken scrambled to complete major renovation projects in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Christmas seems to be a hard and fast deadline that…
Christmas 2022
This is the first Christmas since we bought our house in 2014 where we didn’t have some sort of major construction project underway. It was nice to be able to…
Christmas 2021
Here we are, 2 years into a pandemic, with many of the same frustrations felt a year ago. This year was somehow even harder than the last. Last year everyone…
Christmas 2020
This year has been really tough. 2020 will go down in Millennial history books as one of the hardest in our lives. To help with all the stress from living…
Christmas 2019
Well, this Christmas looks a lot different for a few reasons. First, we finished our kitchen renovation!! After months and months of never ending delays and working like crazy (while…
Christmas 2018
Another Christmas, and another dash to a construction project finish line! With our dining room walls gone, we had a few last minute projects to complete before Christmas. Mainly finishing…
Christmas 2017
For the first time since we bought our house, this Christmas seasons wasn’t filled with frantically finishing major construction! We got back from our epic parental leave trip just a…
Christmas 2016
Two years go, we were living like this: Last year, we were living like this: Just a few weeks ago, we were living like this: Over the past year, we’ve…
Christmas 2015
Last Christmas we had just finished our first floor renovation and were finally able to relax in our home. Upstairs was a different story, however. We had a decent set-up…
Christmas 2014
It’s hard to get into the Christmas spirit when your living room consists of a couple of plastic-wrapped chairs covered in drywall dust. Our first bit of festive cheer began…