It's been quite a few days since I last blogged and I'm very excited to be back. As always seems to be the case, the holidays seemed to take forever to arrive, and then they were here and gone in a flash. We were so very busy filling orders in the weeks leading up to the big day...and then Christmas hit and a whole new brand of busy filled our days. I'd certainly call it a good kind of busy. I love seeing family and friends. I love giving and receiving gifts. And I just love how the spirit of the season crescendos in a loving and fun filled handful of days. The period that begins on Christmas Eve and ends on New Years Day is my favorite span of days all year long. A normal week for me and Aaron barely ever involves contact with other humans (except for the folks at the post office). So when the holidays come it thrills us to have our social calendar open to whoever and whatever. For us, the holiday week is about saying YES. We don't hem and haw over what our possible plans might be...we simply say "Yes, we'll be there...and we'll bring some snacks!"
Today, New Years day, was about getting back to real life. We had been working on orders every day between Christmas and New Years, but today was the first real deal uninterrupted day. I'd love to briefly fill you guys in on how we spent this magical week!...here goes...