23 December 2010

merry christmas

Our apartment living room last night:




And our apartment living room tonight:



Big sigh of relief and thanks on our end; our shipment is here. It all looks great. We joked in September that it would "be like Christmas" when our shipment arrived .... hmm. Little did we know it would literally be Christmas! Nevertheless we are having a blast opening boxes that we haven't seen the contents of in 2 1/2 years - dishes, artwork, wedding gifts. It's a little bit like receiving them all over again.

And we are so thankful for God's kindness in it all. We'd be totally fine without any of it - it's just stuff - but how delightful to enjoy things that feel like home to us, that we find to be beautiful, that remind us of people we love and miss.

Now, we just have to figure out how to get the couch in through the second story window....

6 comments:

Katie said...

Yeah God!!! How wonderful and what a fun blessing. Merry Christmas to you!

Love,
Katie

Shellymig said...

Your apartment looks beautiful!! I can't wait to see the pictures when we can see all your things. It is going to be absolutely gorgeous. Merry Christmas to you both!!

sara said...

Hey!! Missing you both these days. I'm so glad you'll have familiar things around you for Christmas. Hope you have a blessed holiday. Much love, from this busy house!

The Griffith Crockatt Family said...

Merry Christmas! How fun to be able to put your home together this week. Good timing! The apartment looks amazing. Can't wait to see how it all comes together. Miss you both!

Anonymous said...

Oh Hallelujah! Your apartment looks like a nice bright place. We'll pray that you can get you couch up safely.

Mathews said...

Hoorayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!