Christmas cards

Recently, I’ve been convicted about the amount of time I spend thinking about the present and future—and how little I spend thinking about the past. That reflective time doesn’t come naturally to me, but I know that it’s healthy for me. Two tell-tale signs of this were the lack of blog posts and the puny amount of journal entries in my bedside journal. New Year’s resolution, anyone? Here's a start to help get myself back on the right foot.

With December comes the best season for the post office: Christmas cards. Sarah and I just received our first cards this week from family and friends with great delight. I think you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who isn’t interested in a hand-written envelope with photos/letter/notes inside. My family always made a newsletter, but Sarah and I haven’t decided what our family tradition will be.

This year, I found a deal on Shutterfly that will provide us with 50 or so cards for free (this is the same company that we used to make our wedding album from their photo books...and--full disclosure--they are giving us the cards for mentioning it on our blog). We had just thought that maybe we were going to wait until we had kids to start Christmas card-ing, but this was too good to pass up (thanks Amanda Hilldore for the idea!). If you'd like to get one, fill out this form by December 18, and I'll make sure you're on our list!

Now we just need to pick out a photo. How to represent the whole year in one picture...?