Summer & Tyler

I adore the holidays...the entire month of December and the last week of November too. The earlier the tree and decorations are up, the longer it really feels like Christmas. This year Ty brought home our tree the week before Thanksgiving and we've been trying to decorate it since. I'm shocked how many ornaments this thing has needed. Multiple trips to Tai Pan & Costco between both of us and we are finally almost there. A few more ribbons and I think we're done! We find ourselves plopped on the couch just enjoying the lights, listening to holiday music playing in the backround, and just being thankful for what 2009 has brought us. I feel so blessed to have a roof over our heads and a warm place to sleep at night. (our heater was broken this past week and with the weather we're having, we talked about how we couldn't imagine being homeless or being a pioneer living in these conditions.) I was constantly cold, complaining, and didn't want to do anything but stay in bed. I'm definitely not made for this state! Then again this feels like the coldest winter we've had since I moved here. It finally warmed up to I think 37 degrees today and it felt fabulous! Yeah, I must really be a utahn now to say such things.

Here's our tree we're so proud of...