I love this time of year! While it is currently blustering and blowing outside and VERY cold...I get excited when the snow starts to fall, Christma lights go up and the baking begins! There's something magical about this time of year. Christmas truly makes a time of the year that is usually dreaded, cold and "brown" beautiful and exciting. God sure knew what he was doing when he decided to have Jesus born in December. :) We got our very first Christmas tree Sunday. It's very cute! It's a real potted tree, so we will have it until spring when we can plant it. It's too small to hang ornaments on it, but I put gold bows on it, drapped red bead garland around it and the angel is sitting next to it on the floor. :)
What's great about this tree is that Luke and I picked it out and that we will always have our first Christmas tree - as it will be planted in his parents' yard.
Luke and I started dating this time of year, two years ago. (Although, it's technically our 3rd Christmas together.) I have so many things to be thankful for this time of year. The birth of Christ, my savior and for the reminder of my husband. I also love the fact that I get to spend more time with my whole family and friends. 
So many things around this time of year that makes me excited. White Christmas lights, freshly baked cookies, Christmas music, snowflakes, sledding, ice-skating, hot chocolate with marshmellows, puppies and so much more!
