la Musique de Noël

Since I love all things French and all things Christmas, I wanted to let you know that you can get an original holiday jazz album for free from Stella Artois.  Click here!

I also dug up some of the photos we took while we were living in France.  It was our first Christmas alone together.  The city was so beautiful lit up at night with twinkling lights.  We took a Christmas card photo but we were too poor to mail cards so we ended up creating a digital card that we mailed to family and friends.  It was a lonely Christmas but it was also a peaceful one with lots of time for reflection.  I cherish the time I got to spend with Dan in France.  We had so much free-time and very little money.  It helped shape who we are.  We don't need money to have a good time, we love to explore and seize the day and go on adventures!  I never want to lose that spirit, because it's become a defining part our fabric as a family.

This might be my favorite photo from France - of all time.  Christmas 2006.

Christmas Light and a steeple.  France, 2006. 

The sum of all the Christmas decor in our apt.
(And look how blonde I was!)  Photo by: Dan.

December 2006.  Dan on our balcony.

The final design of our Christmas Card, 2006.