'Tis the Season!

We're gearing up for Christmas and loving every minute of it.  The house is decorated, the presents wrapped (well, mine are -- Kurt has yet to do his shopping) and the Christmas carol station is now the default.  Unfortunately due to last weekend's blizzard the church service was canceled so we're missing out on a very important (the most important actually) part of Christmas. Not to worry though, we know what this holiday is all about. :)

The week before last they had a great sermon at our church, it was all about Christmas trees and what they mean to us and how they can also be tied back to the Christmas story.  The message inspired us to take a closer look at our Christmas tree and examine what each of the ornaments mean to us... a simple and perfect display of the seasons of our lives!  Last year Kurt started a tradition of making me an ornament each year -- that one always makes me smile.  This year my mom gifted us an ornament that looks like a giant diamond ring to signify the year we got engaged... it's so much fun to imagine what our tree will look like in the years to come as we add ornaments for each season of our life together!  :) Here's our tree this year... pretty!

Of course I have to do a little re-cap of my recent birthday, too!  I enjoyed a day off work and my mom came up to spend the day with me!  We had a great time shopping and Emilee even joined us for lunch.  Then Kurt & I went out for margaritas and to a movie!!  We saw "Due Date" .... we don't recommend it, it's a renter. =P  It was a nice calm and fun way to turn 24.  ....Oh, and my family gave me a new camera which I was really hoping for!! It's nice to have a quality camera because I'm kind of obessed with taking pictures... haha!  Here's a few of our testers from my b-day!!

 

 Thanks for making my FAVORITE cake, Mom!  Yummm!

15 days until Christmas.... let the countdown begin!!! :)