Its begining to look a lot like Christmas!!

....FINALLY!!  After an unseasonably warm November, we had our first snow fall this past weekend.  I cannot remember a single winter in my childhood where we didnt have snow before December 1st.  I was starting to wonder if we were going to get snow at all this year.  But winter is now in full effect!! Overnight temps of 7 and todays high of 12...yeah, Its freezing!!! 

Although we hadnt gotten any snow yet, our house has been in the Christmas spirit for weeks...out came the decorations, the stockings, the tree, the lights, holiday sented candles, James Taylor Christmas CD, presents under the tree, and LOTS of baking. But with all of that, it still didnt feel like Christmas without the presence of snow!

Our tree with a HUGE child gate all around it..

Ryan and I actually braved the madness and the "crazy people", and did a little black friday shopping this year.  Although it was a bit crazy, the deals were AWESOME!  And we have been done with all of our Christmas shopping since.  So now, we can just relax and enjoy the season.  The kids have been a tad under the weather this past week, and we didnt want to let them go play in the snow until they are feeling better. So this weekend we all stayed in and watched Christmas movies.