What I love about the holidays.....

These are some of the things I love about the holiday season, and a few that I am especially excited about this year:

1. Christmas trees.


2. Christmas lights.


3. Baking.


4. Eating.


5. Seeing everyone in my family.


6. The story of Joseph, Mary, and Baby Jesus.


7. Carol of the Bells.


8. Silent Night.


9. Christmas in Dixie.


10. Buying gifts.


11. Exchanging gifts.


12. Christmas Parties.


13. Snow.


14. Cold weather.


15. My favorite pair of sweatpants.


16. Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies my aunt makes.


17. My brother!!


18. Decorating.


19. Going to my Ma's.


20. Home Alone.


21. 24 hours of A Christmas Story.


22. My friends.


23. My new singing trees at Bryan's house....thank you sweetie.


24. After Christmas sales.


25. Champagne.


26. New Year's Resolutions and fresh starts.


27. Buying Angel Tree gifts.


28. Sitting in my dad's lap...yes, I still do!


29. Riley's first Christmas.
30. Annalyse will be here!


31. Loving my friends, near and far.


32. A trip to Las Vegas, NV with my best friends!


33. A trip to New York, NY with my best friends!


34. Being so lucky that I have so many people to love, and that love me!


35. A Loving God....and remembering the true reason for Christmas.

A Few Things I don't like....

1. Taking down the decorations and toting boxes to the attic.


2. My clothes shrinking. :)


3. Feeling rushed.


4. Parking lots.


5. The words: A wintery mix. I prefer snow...or clear skies. :)


6. Missing my friends that live far away!

Thanksgiving has come....and gone.

This is my favorite time of year...and I can't believe that Thanksgiving has already flown by. Bryan and I had lunch with my family at my Aunt Lorie's house in Fayetteville. Everyone had a great time. We had entirely too much to eat, and my Grandmother brought the turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes with gravy...yum! She's the best cook ever! My Aunt Carol made her famous hot rolls....I think I could sell them and go into business...they are that good! :) After eating we drove to Branson to spend the weekend with Bryan's family. Bryan's mom, dad, brother, sister-in-law, nephew, and grandmother were all in Branson when we arrived. We had a great time visiting, shopping, and eating. We had dinner Friday night at Big Cedar...which was my favorite! It was SO pretty and cozy, and the food was great. We are getting ready for Bryan's birthday on Friday...(the big 30th birthday)....we are going to Little Rock to eat at Benihana, which is his FAVORITE place to eat. He thinks it is just myself, him, and our friend Patrick. Little does he know, that all his family, and tons of our friends are coming....even our friends Tiffany and Frank who live in Columbia, South Carolina are making the trip. He's not aware of this blog just yet, and I won't tell him until after Saturday.....shhhh. :)