Christmas – Oak + Oats

Be Joyful: Our Christmas Cards

November 29, 2024

I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live. (Ecclesiastes 3:12) Christmas time is my favorite time...

Book Reviews, Books, Christmas

December Booklist

January 1, 2024

I wanted to only read Christmas themed books for the month of December and it was so fun! I’ve never done an exclusive theme before in my personal reading and...

Christmas, Christmas Cards, Faith

We wish You a Merry Christmas

December 1, 2023

One of my most cherished Christmas Traditions is creating and mailing out our family’s Christmas card. We’ve done it every year of our marriage and kept them all to see...

Christmas, Winter

The Christmas Tree Hunt

November 29, 2023

As per the Mayberry family tradition, we picked out our Christmas Tree Thanksgiving weekend. Leading up to this weekend, we had been having some unusually warm weather (in the 60s...

Christmas, From My Camera

2023 Christmas Season In Photo

December 30, 2022

In the upstairs loft of a barn, on a cold December night, my girls climbed onto his lap. His beard was real, his coat scarlet, and a pair of round...

Christmas

Our Christmas

December 28, 2022

I wake when the kids wake. The sun pours through the window and Thorin greets me through the monitor with his coos. Most mornings I try to steal a couple...

Christmas, Colorado Springs

The North Pole

December 12, 2022

Two years ago we went to the North Pole during the Christmas season. It is always Christmas at the North Pole no mater what time of the year you go,...

Christmas, Faith

Raising Dough Eaters + Reflecting on God’s Timing

December 7, 2022

“But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son” Galatians 4:4 Lately I have been reflecting on God’s timing. Not just in my own life as I...

Christmas, Winter

Oh Christmas Tree

November 28, 2022

When people hear that I am a photographer, they tend to imagine that every photo I take of my kids is picture perfect. Or that they love being in photos....