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Monday, December 12, 2011



Last weekend The Boy took me to see my first ballet, The Nutcracker.  It was in Downtown Ft. Worth at the gorgeous Bass Performance Hall where I saw Yo-yo Ma perform a few years ago.  We had dinner at a pretty Italian bistro tucked into the corner of Sundance Square downtown, and then got to walk through all the happy Christmas decorations and lights to get to Bass Hall a few blocks over.  Afterwards we got gelato for dessert, because it seemed like the obvious fun thing to do at 10:30 in the freezing cold :) 

As if Christmas-time wasn't magical enough, having a Boy who takes you on lovely Christmas dates makes it a million times more fun.  There's just something about the holiday season that makes me nostalgic and sentimental about life in general.  In years past Christmas time more than any other time of the year was when I thought the most about my future and The Boy that I hoped would someday be big part of that future.  But no amount of imagining and dreaming can prepare you for the loveliness of those abstract dreams starting to take shape in front of your eyes, and a Boy who treats you like a princess.















Much Love & Merry Christmas!
Jessica Shae
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16 comments:

  1. awww... so sweet! i hope my boy is just as wonderful someday! the nutcracker is such a fun christmasy thing to do and the perfect first ballet. happy december! xo

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  2. Love Downtown! You both look absolutely lovely...

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  3. This is so sweet. I love this and I love your photos and I love how happy you two are. cute couple alert! :)

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  4. There's kind of no getting around it... You two are cute together.

    P.S. All the Christmas bokeh makes for happy pictures. :)

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  5. Lucky girl! I have always wanted to see the Nutcracker. :)

    Love,
    ~Bree

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  6. I loved the Nutcracker Ballet. We went years ago during a blizzard. It was magical! Jessica, your dress is so precious!!

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  7. Oh Jessica! It looks like you had a simply fabulous time (and fabulous is a word I reserve for only the most deserving things...)
    Beautiful pictures and yeps, you two are awfully cute. =D

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  8. this is incredibly beautiful, jessica! y'all are so cute together:)
    ~simi

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  9. Looks and sounds like an incredible evening!!! Love how you call him "the Boy" in caps. :)

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  10. I love the Nutcracker. My dad has been taking me every year since I was five. And just recently, my symphony played the last half of the music from the Nutcracker. So yeah, the Nutcracker and I go waaay back. :)

    Looks like you had a wonderful time!!

    xoxo,
    --Abi :)

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  11. oh so cute!! I love your dress! what a fun outing...my sister went to see the Messiah there a few years back.

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  12. love love love the buildings and the birds!!!! It's so very lovely.

    and I agree, no amount of dreaming can come close to the REAL thing of falling in love. :) This is my first Christmas with an amazing boy in my life as well and it is so much fun. :)

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  13. Very sweet :) Looks like a very fun date...I never thought I'd see Josh at the Nutcracker! Love the escalator picture!

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  14. How sweet! The pic of you both on the stairs is just gorgeous!

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  15. wonderful! i love downtown fort worth. i miss that place.

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  16. Awe, how sweet! These are such beautiful photos and I especially love the black & white of you and your husband. Such a great photo!

    {Found your lovely little blog through Hannah @ Aspire}

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