Heaven on earth! ;)

Did you know that Michigan has the LARGEST Christmas store in the WORLD?! I knew we moved here for a reason!! ;) haha! So of course I had to go see it! It's called Bronner's and it is in a cute, little German town, Frankenmuth, about 1 1/2 hours away from where we live. So the other weekend we and some of our friends took the trip out to spend the day there! The town was so cute and so cool! It felt like you were in a German town! And Bronners...  was absolutely FABULOUS! I was in heaven!! Decorations, and trees, and stockings and ornaments everywhere!! Oh man, I loved it so much! We spent a good couple of hours in there.. and I could have spent more! It was super insanely crowded tho... so we didn't want to spend much more in there.... but don't you worry.. I plan on going back...  during the Christmas off-season and spending ALL day in that wonderful store!

Of course we had to get some souvenir from Bronner's.. So we decided to start our Nutcracker collection. Can you guess who's is whos? ;) Mine is the one with the penguin on its head and Nathan's is the hunter guy! Can you see the little duck in it's hand? haha! Too perfect for both of us! Loved it!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Yay for Christmas Time! The most wonderful time of the year! I just love the Christmas season. October rolls around and the christmas music starts... November comes, and the decorations start coming up! :) I'm crazy and obsessed with Christmas... yes I know.. But I don't care! It makes me so happy, so why deny it?! 

I found a shirt on Pinterest the other night that fits me perfectly! Haha!!

I am very lucky that my hubby puts up with my Christmas obsessiveness! He did say that I've made Christmas more fun, exciting and special for him since we've been married! That made me happy. :)

So one night in mid November, my hubby came home and I said... "Lets watch a christmas movie, and have hot chocolate.... and put up the tree!!" hehe.. and so we did, and it was a wonderful night! We watched The Santa Clause (one of my favorites) put up the christmas tree together and drank yummy hot chocolate! :)

(Of course it takes a couple tries before he will cooperate and smile for me! haha.. but I love it! It makes for some funny pictures!)

Through out the next couple of weeks I got our apartment all decorated for Christmas! 

I'm slowing building up our christmas decorations collection!

It looks so magical at night, with all the lights off except the christmas lights.. I absolutely love it! 

Happy Thanksgiving!

We woke up to snow on Thanksgiving morning.. and I was oh so happy about it! I made Nathan hurry and get ready and go outside and take some pictures with me! haha!! :) So we had a little Thanksgiving photo shoot in the snow (its not a ton of snow.. I know..but hey its something!) 

Nathan, being his genius and creative self, came up with a way to take our pictures, by ourselves, from afar! He screwed an old phone case onto a wooden golf driver. Then we got apps on our phones that allows us to have one phone be our lens and the other be the button! So he would hold the golf club out, with his phone on it, and we could see what the picture would look like on my phone and then I could push the button on my phone and take the picture! Pretty fabulous! :) 

Our little family of Subaru's! 

The rest of the morning was spent making pies, my dads yummy sweet potatoes, and rolls! 

We made one cookies 'n' cream pie, and two pumpkin pies! One was made from our own pumpkin puree that I made, and the other was made from libby's pumpkin. (We wanted to compare) They both were super yummy! Some of the best pumpkin pies I've ever had! :)

In the afternoon we headed over to our friends house for a big Thanksgiving dinner with them and some other friends. We had so much food and it all was so delicious! It was great to be able to spend it with some good friends here, since we couldn't be with family this year. 

Our friends little boy was having so much fun with Nathan that day! It was cute to see them playing together! :) 

Nathan and I have SO much to be thankful for! We have truly been so blessed! Nathan has a good job that supports us, and he is succeeding really well at it. We have a home that keeps us warm and safe from outside. We have been able to go out and see places and enjoy ourselves while out here in Michigan. We have wonderful families who we are able to "hangout" with them often (thanks to technology!) and keep updated with all of them. We are an aunt and uncle to some pretty dang cute and awesome nieces and nephews! And most importantly we have the true Gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives! Being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ has blessed our lives in so many ways! 

We are so grateful for our wonderful lives and of course for all of you! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!!