Christmas Card ’09 featuring Lillis
Merry Christmas one and all! We’re so glad for all of you who have been a part of our lives this year. Our friends have been wonderfully supportive this year, and in particular I’d like to give shoutouts to Brian, Bryan, Rod and Matt for all their job search help.
It’s been a wonderful first year of marriage, but not one without difficulty. We’re still learning and growing and hope to continue to do so until one of us buries the other. It really has been more amazing than we had ever hoped……moreso for me than for Lillis. She was worth the wait!
Work kept us from making as many trips as we’d like this year, but we did get to take one big trip to California, spending 9 days in San Fran, Yosemite and Tahoe.

Just Before we headed up Half Dome

Lil and Me in Front of Lake Tahoe
Both of us had a sibling get married and I launched my photography website and got to do a decent bit of picture taking this year. I’m back to coaching (15 year olds this season) and Lillis is counseling people in financial distress through our church’s Moneywise program.
We’re currently considering buying a house and just trying to make sure we treasure every day together.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the video. Oh, and if you want to watch it full size, there’s a link below to watch it on the Vimeo site……word!
Christmas Card ’09 from charles breland on Vimeo.

Doug, Alexandra, and I watched your card together this morning (Christmas morning). Awesome and made us laugh — Merry Christmas, guys!
P.S. The Chales stocking in the background still makes me laugh out loud.
Absolutely love the Christmas card – especially the cloud that looks like an elephant. 🙂
Merry Christmas to you both!
Merry Christmas to you guys, budding movie producers and actors!
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday. Your card makes me laugh! Glad you can have a good time together. I’m sure you’ve figured out that married life is hard (as mentioned in your post), but it is well worth it when you stay the course!
God bless you both!
Donna