Our Christmas Card

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I haven't been a very good blogger lately. James is still in "redeployment mode," which means he goes to work early for PT and then is home somewhere between 12 and 2pm. It's amazing. I could seriously get used to this. He's got a few more days before leave starts for Christmas and we have a whole bunch of family coming. So we've been trying really hard to get the house ready. I did get Christmas cards done though.
I just love shutterfly. Although, I did have to edit it a little so I could post it on the blog. I really wanted to have a family picture with Roxy too (I seriously love MrsMollyP's family Christmas photo), but our puppy was a little too crazy.

I'm not gonna be too awesome about updating for a while. So here's our Christmas card to you. In case I don't check back before Christmas, have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

<3 Amy

Comments

  1. MollyDecember 19, 2012 at 5:30 PM

    Aw thank you for the sweet mention =). For whatever reason, Asha LOVES having her picture taken. She would sit there and smile happily in all the pictures.

    Your card is adorable!

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  2. AnonymousDecember 20, 2012 at 12:38 AM

    Your Christmas card looks great! I especially like the picture of y'all in front of the house. It's so cute! And I think it's great that you are spending as much time as possible with James. That's as it should be!*

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  3. UnknownDecember 30, 2012 at 4:58 AM

    I saw on Twitter that Dear Deployment love your blog, so I just had to come check it out! :-) My sailor is deployed right now, and I'm desperately trying to get into the habit of running. I will have to get some tips from you! :-)

    And what lovely Christmas card! It's great! Hope you had a wonderful holiday! Happy 2013!

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