Christmas Time is Here

It's Christmas time!!!

Matt is very firm that Thanksgiving needs time to be appreciated as a holiday, however, when we got home Thursday from dinner, I managed to convince him that it was time to decorate for Christmas.

We made gingerbread houses at Thanksgiving dinner

This is our Christmas corner. We didn't have enough decorations to decorate the whole  apartment right off the bat. More pictures will be coming.

My wonderful sister-in-law Maija made me these last Christmas after seeing me pin them on pinterest.

 So, if you couldn't tell, I love Christmas. I get very excited about it, and I love that everyone suddenly loves everyone around each other. I love Christmas music, I love decorations, I love snow. I love giving people presents. I just love everything about Christmas time.

Since I took these pictures, we have put Christmas blankets over the back of our couch and chair, put my Christmas bear out on the chair we're babysitting for my in-laws, and put up a nativity!! We also plan to make paper snowflakes and Danish hearts to decorate our window. I am loving having my own place to decorate the way I want for Christmas.

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

It is amazing how blessed we are when we step back and look at our live objectively. Really waking up each day is a miracle. So, here is a list of the miracles I've experienced just today.

1. Waking up this morning.
2. Having a husband to hold my hand.
3. My phone to wake me up.
4. A roof over my head.
5. Running water.
6. Toothpaste
7. My refrigerator
8. Feeling totally comfortable and at home with Matt's family.
9. A baby blessing.
10. The Gospel of Christ.
11. Spiritual promptings.
12. A husband who can take care of things.
13. Answered prayers.
14. A baby snuggling against me.
15. Chocolate.
16. Good books.
17. Memories
18. A cousin who makes me feel so loved-Thank you Kirsten!
19. An apartment that feels like home.
20. Savings for emergencies.

This is just the list I get off the top of my head. I am so blessed. I have hundreds of thousands of blessings every single day. It amazes me how often I am blessed.