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HUSBAND & WIFE DOCUMENTING THEIR LIFE TOGETHER IN 2013 THREE6FIVE

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Day 365- December 31, 2013 What Are You Doin' New Year's.. New Year's Eve. Today is the last photo of our 365 Beard & Bangs photo adventure! We spent our New Years with friends at Whiskey Bar followed by egg nog, champagne and fireworks. We have had a trying, fun, adventurous, and incredibly blessed 2013. We have moved twice, found amazing jobs and cultivated wonderful friendships. Thank you to all who have followed along with us on this journey. We have thoroughly enjoyed your feedback and hearing what our photos have meant to you. This is definitely not the last you'll hear from us. We will continue to post about the goings on and what this next year holds. God bless and may you have an incredible New Year. With Love, - Lj & Diana Gays #beardandbangs #marriage #vscocam #afterlight #finale #newyearseve #happynewyear

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Day 364- December 30, 2013 One Day More!! I had my usual Monday of cleaning up the house and started on some of my sewing to do list for myself. Lj went to work as he does every Monday and when he came home for lunch there was a little package from The Loves at our doorstep. We received our very own Pinecone Elves, a fox ornament and a package of the most addicting snack I've ever tasted: Beaver Nuggets by Buc-Eees! Thanks Loves! Lj started a daily record book called The Standard Memorandum which was a common practice for men during the 1950s. He will record the daily goings on in his life this year instead of through photos. You can get your own at Word. notebooks. #beardandbangs #marriage #afterlight

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Day 363- December 29, 2013 Take Me Home, Country Road. We took a drive out to the country today to pick up Lj's deer stand and stroll the woods. While out there we talked about how back in the day people cut down trees, built their own homes and harvested their own food (well some of them). It is one of our hopes to have a garden and be able to gain knowledge and skill to be self sustaining. Also, here is to my Grandma on her birthday! She is the only one Lj and I have left and miss and love her! Happy Birthday G-Ma! #beardandbangs #afterlight #vscocam #marriage

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Day 362- December 28, 2013 Spring Cleaning in December. Lj is finally starting to feel like his old self again, after feeling like poo for an entire week. We have started watching Supernatural and put away a few episodes before we tackled cleaning out our closets. We have been replacing some older clothes with new ones, but have neglected to throw out the old. So today we had a massive pile of clothes to donate and a very tidy closet. Go Team Gay! #beardandbangs #marriage #vscocam #afterlight #springcleaning #saturdays

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Day 361- December 27, 2013 3 Words: After Christmas Sale. It is generally known I'm incredibly frugal and proud of it. So one thing I delight in is "after holiday shopping". You can get so much more bang for your buck. I took advantage of all the sales and clearance today and came home with about 10 bags of decorations for next year. Because we hope to be in our "own" home next year, I wanted to make sure we had decorations for it. I picked up this beautiful star (50% off!) to hang outside next year. #beardandbangs #marriage #nofliter

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Day 360- December 26, 2013 Favorite Things. Lj and I were both blessed beyond measure with our gifts this year, such generosity from both our families. We agree we each have good listening skills because we've both mentioned on more than one occasion what we would like this year. Lj picked out this amazing "Southwestern sweater" for me (which I've been wanting one like this for quite some time) and I got him one of his favorite bands on vinyl: The Avett Brothers "I and Love and You". #beardandbangs #marriage #vscocam #afterlight #christmas #awesomehusband #newmexico #avettebrothers

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359- December 25, 2013 Happy Christmas! We shared a wonderful Christmas with Lj's family and opened gifts, read the Christmas story and watched Christmas movies. Doesn't get too much better than that. And with only 6 days left in our Beard and Bangs photo project, we will be printing a big album for ourselves to remember this crazy year. #beardandbangs #marriage #vscocam #afterlight #merrychristmas #christmas #christmascheer

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Day 358- December 24, 2013 Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire... Happy Christmas Eve from The Gays! We celebrated in true Gay fashion with a wonderful spread of amazing food prepared by my fabulous Ma-in-law. We attended a candlelight service and came home to watch A Christmas Story with some pumpkin pie and egg nog. #beardandbangs #marriage #vscocam #afterlight #christmas #christmascheer #Christmaseve #fireside #woods

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Day 357- December 23, 2013 I'll be Home for Christmas.. If Only in my Dreams. We have spent the past few days in North Georgia in Lj's parent's wonderful mountain cabin. The weather has been turning increasingly cold and we love getting cozy by the fire. Lj has been very sick since we got here and Linda and I have been working hard to get him well. At least he's home for Christmas. It's a switch off for us each year being our families are 1000 miles apart. But I always feel loved with The Gays. But I never neglect to think of my wonderfully crazy family. Love and miss you all. #beardandbangs #marriage #vscocam #afterlight #christmas #christmascheer #illbehomeforchristmas #family #woods #greatoutdoors #mountains

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Day 356- December 22, 2013 Frosty The Snowman! We bummed it up with our niece Lexi today. We made a Rice Crispy Treat snowman, watched 3 Christmas movies and had a toasty warm fire. These are some of my favorite days of Christmas vacation. #beardandbangs #marriage #vscocam #afterlight #fireside #frosty #favoritethings #christmascheer #christmas

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Day 355- December 21, 2013 I Want to be.... A Dentist! Nope, Scratch That. A Cowboy! This morning we woke to a crazy Elf on the Shelf miraculously riding a horse! While we're saavy to the truth, Lexi believes in the magic of Freddie the Elf. Still, we got a good kick out of recent placement of the elf by Lj's dad. #beardandbangs #marriage #vscocam #afterlight #f#elfontheshelf #christmascheer #christmas

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Day 354- December 20, 2013 Rockin Around The Christmas Tree! We rolled in to Blairsville, four our Christmas Vacation with Lj's family, around 7 tonight and had our favorite Potato Soup waiting for us! We arranged our presents under the tree and all seemed to pass out around the tv watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The Gays are ready for Christmas! #beardandbangs #marriage #vscocam #afterlight #christmas #christmascheer #presents #gifties

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Day 353- December 19, 2013 Santa Baby. Just finishing up some Christmas tasks. Lj wrapped my presents while I made a cheesecake in the kitchen averting my eyes. #beardandbangs #marriage #christmas #christmascheer #presents #nomnom

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Day 352- December 18, 2013 Fa La La La La La! We had the most enjoyable evening spent with friends at a Christmas potluck hosted by The Cantrell's. We sat around the dinner table laughing about ridiculous stories and the boys smoked their pipes on the front step. We all gathered around the piano to pose for a farcical photo of us all singing a carol in "perfect" harmony. #beardandbangs #marriage #christmas #christmascheer #carol #music #friends

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Day 351- December 17, 2013 Boonie in the Middle! Today we discovered how fun it is to play Keep Away with Boone. For whatever reason he seemed to enjoy it immensely. #beardandbangs #marriage #boone #dogsofinstagram #christmas

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Day 350- December 16, 2013 'Twas Nine Days Until Christmas, When all through the house, Not a Boonie was stirring, Not even a mouse, The stockings were jam packed by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there, The Gays were nestled snug in their bed, While thoughts of 5 days off danced in their head And Diana in her onsie, And Lj in his Red Cap, Had just settled down for a long winters nap. #beardandbangs #marriage #twasthenight #afterlight #christmas #christmascheer

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Day 349- December 15, 2013 O Holy Night! We met up with Lj's sister and her family for Lights of the South tonight. This was my second time going but Lj and Jess recall coming from a young age. We walked through all the lights and Clayton (our nephew) was oooing and awing over the dinosaurs and rainbows. Lj and Clayton got to share in some fun Uncle/nephew time. #beardandbangs #marriage #lightsofthesouth #afterlight #christmascheer #christmas #oholynight