a new ornament and a new camera {squeal!}

found this on our tree yesterday:

hmmmm. Fake, child sized, construction-goggles make for quite an interesting ornament, right???

see them?
hanging right in the middle of the tree?
cute.




and....
{insert giddiness here}

I was able to take these gorgeous, albeit highly unprofessional, pics {if I do say so myself}, in very low light,






because Matt's family gave me this for Christmas:

{insert silly and ridiculous scream of delight}

Did I ever tell you that my current Canon Elf was left outside on a pile of rocks for two weeks, and endured 3 severe thunderstorms, 3 days above 100 degrees F, and a mini-tornado that uprooted trees at every house on our street????
Yes.
That puppy still worked.

But alas, with each new day, she was dying a slow death.
gotta give her credit for hanging on.

and I was hanging on too. Or you could even argue that I was getting desperate.
Until,
wonder of wonder. miracle of miracles.
I got my dream camera for Christmas!!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!

Thank you so much to Nana and Pop Pop!

...just wondering God. When are you going to stop showing off with all these little big gifts??