Tag: christmas

  • Happy Holidays 2013

    Happy Holidays 2013

    Happy Holidays 2013

    We didn’t get our act together in time to make a holiday card this year (last year’s was too epic!), so here is our holiday greeting to all of you, near and far! May you have happy holidays and a happy new year! With love from Erin and Jason.

  • Season’s Greetings!

    Season’s Greetings!

    Season's Greetings!

    Our holiday card this year may not be exactly seasonal…

    We took it on a hot summer day in July, donning full winter gear and heading to the water’s edge in Seaside Heights. We’re sorry that we didn’t get enough printed to mail to all our friends (we’ll fix that next year!) so we’re sharing it here—now with outtakes!

    Season's Greetings - Outtake 01

    Season's Greetings - Outtake 02

    Season's Greetings - Outtake 03

    Wishing all of you a healthy and happy new year, from Jason and Erin.

  • It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

    It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

    Erin's Wonderful Tree Skirt Creation

    Jason would start decorating for Christmas before Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable, but this year we got our first real tree, which meant we waited a full week after Thanksgiving to start decking the halls Chez Kriegaker. But oh, it was worth the wait!

    We live just two blocks from a nursery, so we headed over there to pick out our tree (Jason’s first real one ever!). The owner showed us two trees and I narrowed them down based on scent (and price): a balsam fir (less expensive, it turns out, than a Fraser fir). Strongman Jason carried it home for us on his shoulder while I breathed in the wake. We set it up in the corner, gave it a lot of warm water, and left it for the day to settle into place. On Sunday we started up White Christmas on Netflix and set to stringing on the lights and hanging the ornaments! This year Tania gave Erin a little Brooklyn ornament, which got a place of honor, and Erin made a cute tree skirt. We had some fun taking photos of the process to make a little video in homage to the one that our friends Caro and Boon made.

    It’s so festive in here now!

    Picking Out The Best Tree

    Erin Making Her Final Decision

    Jason's Got This!

    Thankfully We Live A Few Blocks Away

    It's A Brooklyn Christmas

    The Finishing Touches

    Merry Christmas!

    Oh, and we made you this . . .

    (Merry Christmas!)