every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings!

I thought i'd start this Christmas post with a quote from one of my all time favorite Christmas movies! Unfortunately, we haven't gotten to that one on our Tivo selection yet, but I imagine it wont be too far behind!

We had an absolutely wonderful Christmas & Christmas Eve. It was definitely different not being in AZ or CA, but it was extra special because it was a white Christmas. The snow has not stopped yet!

On Christmas Eve, Jessie, Mark, James, Ben & I headed out on our annual holiday light extravaganza. This year we called it the extreme holiday light extravaganza because of all the snow. The honda handled like a pro except for a tricky spot on a side street. I can't say the lights here compared to Arizona's 100,000 lights put to music homes, but there were still some good houses.

Christmas morning we woke up and took our friend Courtney to the airport. We then opened up our stockings & presents. We were both really spoiled this year! I got a cool winter hat (seen in all the Christmas day pics), gift certificate to get my hair done, slippers, fleece pants & top, a Willow Tree statue that i've been wanting forever, and a really creative "date box" with lots of different gift cards of places we like. I got Ben some slippers as well, an ESV study bible, a couple games, glass blowing lessons, pea coat, dress shirt, pj pants, wallet, and a charging station for his cell phone, ipod, etc. After gifts, we headed over to Jessie & Mark's to open family gifts over Skype with my parents. That was a fun little twist on Christmas!

For the rest of the day we baked cookies (you have to try this recipe), ate a fabulous prime rib dinner (easily done with our handy electronic talking thermomenter), played lots of games and busted out some super mario kart.


today Jessie & I hit up some day after Christmas holiday sales. I got a wreath, angel for the top of the tree & a card holder all for 26 bucks!! sweet! We are now waiting to make another run to the airport to pick up Ben's parents. They will be here until Jan. 3rd. My mom is also heading up on Dec. 31st so we should have lots of fun to post about soon!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!