'Tis the season

We made it through Thanksgiving and now we're heading into the time for Christmas! This is my favorite time of the year and Phil is quickly figuring out that I am a child at heart. Everything is so exciting during this time and I am anxious for all the Christmas has in store-- from the beautiful decorations around town to the wonderful church events to the fantastic songs that everyone just can't help but sing along with. I love it all!
The first picture is of us after we completed all the cooking for our first Thanksgiving feast! We were too tired and exhausted to change out of our sweats, so we just ate as we were. So, not the most romantic or beautiful scene, but we were so impressed that we were able to cook everything and get everything done, I guess we didn't care what we looked like! We had the full feast of turkey, mashed potatoes (not out of a box!), green bean casserole, bread (homemade!), gravy, stuffing, cookie salad, pumkin pie and cinnamon ice cream (from our amazing ice cream maker). Whew! Yes, we had leftovers as lunch and dinner for a couple of days after.

To keep the Thanksgiving traditions rolling, Phil and I got up and went shopping on Black Friday at 6am! We were one of the first ones at Target and we loaded up on the things we needed then headed over to Kohl's, where Phil was an amazing husband and went straight to the back of the line so I could shop and not have to worry about waiting. Unfortunately, our Kohl's was not prepared for the events of the day, and while the line wasn't that long, we ended up waiting for 56 minutes. Ouch. But, after dropping our items at home, we left the car and walked to the mall to finish up with things (the mall is about 1/4 mile from our house). It was great to walk in the fresh air and even better that we didn't have to deal with the mess of parking. After the morning events, we came home, decorated the tree and the house, and I started wrapping presents-- yes, I couldn't wait.
As for now, we've stayed busy with random activities with our church, co-workers and just each other. Phil and I laugh sometimes because we know we were meant to be together. One night last week, we realized that we had not set up the tent that we got for our wedding, so we just set it up in our living room and had a camp out. It's so fun to have those random adventures and to have someone that loves to do them as much as you. If we had snow here, I'm sure we'd be the couple that goes out to sled down the hill with the little kids.
Hopefully everyone else is having a blessed holiday season. We got our Christmas cards ordered, the house is decorated, and I'm getting ready to start my baking spree of the season, so Christmas is all around!