'Tis the Season!

'Tis the season for Brandon's birthday, Christmas, and a new opportunity for Brandon! Over Thanksgiving break Brandon was offered an internship at South Fellowship Church in Littleton, where we live. He will be interning with the Young Adult Ministry. We are so excited for this opportunity! The church has not had an active Young Adult Ministry in a number of years, so they want Brandon to help start it back up. We had our first event last night, which was a Christmas party and a time of fellowship. Brandon shared some thoughts about Christmas with everyone toward the end and he did a great job. I'm so proud of him and excited for this opportunity that the Lord has given him!

We have had fun celebrating the Christmas season here in Denver. Here are some pictures of the different things we've done to get in the Christmas spirit:

We bought our Christmas tree the day
after Thanksgiving. 

Brandon got to put the star on top.

We went to the Denver Parade of Lights.

Luckily the Low Riders' Association participated. 

We decorated the apartment
for Christmas!

We exchanged Christmas presents with
each other early. This is what I got for
Brandon.

For Brandon's birthday I got him a chair
to read in (he's wanted one since school
started). Obviously he got this present right
when he woke up...

Before going to dinner and then
meeting up with some friends afterwards,
we went wine tasting at Balistreri's
Vineyards (yes, they're related to the
Balistreri's from Milwaukee!).

We are flying home to Milwaukee/Indiana in a few hours and are so excited to see our family and friends! Hopefully we'll get to see a lot of you!

love, brandon and ilissa