Oh the Weather Outside is Frightful, but the warm cuddly feeling of Chirstmas is oh so Delightful!!!

"Again Christmas, abiding point of return.

Set apart by its mystery, mood and magic, the seasons seems in a way

to outstand time.

All that is dear,

that is lasting,

renews its hold on us:

We are Home again."

-Elizabeth Bowen "Home for Christmas"

This season has been different than any other Christmas I have had. Though we always believe in charity and helping hands with the holidays, I admit that gifts have always been a huge focus for me during the Holidays. Its hard to help, but this year, we decided to go easy on lots of presents for ouselves and instead focus on our families and what they deserve. I cant believe how different it has made the whole season for Blake and I. Without focusing on gifts, things like love and family have become so prominent. Everything like Christmas trees and Christmas carols seems more meaningful. Like Bowen says, all that is dear and lasting becomes more important, and its like...

We are home again!

JiNgLE BeLLs , Jingle All the Way!

Ahhh... its that most wonderful time of year!!! I have to say though, I have certainly become much more attatched to the summer season now that I am married to a certain someone who showed me a zillion awesome things to do in Boise when its warm! Riding along in dark underground canals, among other things. But no one can deny that this is the fuzziest, cuddliest, most cozy romantic season of all!!! Merry Christmas everyone!
Christmas means Callie has 3 zillion concerts.

We had Thanksgiving with Blake's extended family and we had to rent out the church to fit us all! It was a blast and there were like 200 people I didnt know! How fun! (;

Some of the people I do know, lol. There was plenty of food ( I believe we made 180 deviled eggs and those were gone before dinner started!) We played family feud, boys vs. girls and the more superior sex won of course, haha, and we also played some basketball and ping pong. I didn't take any pics of those due to flying balls and the fear of a broken camera!

O Christmas Tree!!! Blake's family was super nice and decided to go cut a fresh tree for us!! (it was too small for his parent's tree stand (; It beautiful! Last year we made homemade ornaments out of paper and mini candy bars, so this year we got to go buy some. We decided to decorate our tree with camping flair since that is our #1 favorite thing to do!

Awww... I love this little bear!

My camera decided to go blurry, but here is my hubby deckin the tree!

... finished product to come.