IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE.

"Remember no man is a failure who has friends."We are definitely feeling the love this year from family and friends, filled to the brim with gratitude and blessings. We received so many amazing gifts, practical things that we truly needed, beautiful things we've been wanting, and so much more than we deserve.I hope your holiday was happy, healthy, and peaceful. And if it maybe wasn't, I hope you still know that you are loved. Merry Christmas, friends.- Hannah.

WENDELL WEDNESDAY - MERRY CHRISTMAS!

MERRY CHRISTMAS from us and our beloved goofball.

Photo by Tim Harris.

COOKIES AND PIZZA.

Merry Christmas Eve! Jesse came home a day early (!) and we are up before the sun this morning, baking cookies and eating cold pizza for breakfast. Maybe this should become a new holiday ritual? Today is always a whirlwind for us, trying to cram in both of our family celebrations into the same evening, but I love it. What are your Christmas Eve traditions?- Hannah. *I used this recipe for the roll-out sugar cookies. ALWAYS refrigerate the dough overnight first (or just set it outside if you have no refrigeration!) The icing is just butter and sugar and milk and vanilla, with pistachio added for the green! Everything is organical (except the sprinkles) so that makes them healthy! Right?!

HANNAHVERSARY.

To my Beautiful Wife,I can't help but start this letter with my favorite words––the same words I start and end every day with: I love you. I love every day how much we say "I love you", and love how it always turns into "I love you more", which we still play religiously two years in. Every day.I love that you tolerate my forgetfulness... if I haven't told you that already. I love that you always encourage my whims (well, most always, but I love you for the ones you don't encourage, too), and how you suffer numerous read-throughs of my books to help me improve them, because you love me. I love that you let me call you "my baby" though we both agree it's kind of a ridiculous moniker. But I can't help it––I love my baby.We have had our ups and downs, but never with each other. We seem to be blessed with ups and more ups, through good times and bad. Even when we're poor, we're rich. Even when we're sad, we're smiling. I know I am the luckiest man alive because I have you, and you should know that you will always have me for one simple reason, I love you more! You have made the last two years truly wonderful, and I look forward to the next hundred together.So Happy Anniversary, my baby! With all of my heart I love you.More,Your Baby photo by Tim Harris