Christmas Spirit

I love Christmas decorations.  The hospital has been full of Christmas spirit with trees, garland, lights, etc everywhere.  I finally had my first day off since Thanksgiving yesterday and Chris and I set out to bring some Christmas into our house.  For the last nine years all we have had is a 3ft fiberoptic tree that i put up.  This year we decided it was time to have a tree, a real tree.

I did a little research and found a tree farm Northeast of where we live and we bundled up, grabbed the dogs, and went to find the perfect tree.  After much tromping around in the snow and closely inspecting tons of trees we found the perfect one.  It is a 7ft, fantastic smelling, Fraiser fir.  Chris sawed it down and we hauled it home.  It was probably one of the most fun things that i have done in a long time.  Now decorated in gold and red, it is the most beutiful tree ever

Winter Fun!!

It has been snowing for the last couple of weeks and I am loving it.  It is beautiful outside, It feels like Christmas.  It is cold but i don't mind  bundling up in my coat, scarf and boots.  Here are some pics of our first snow.  The dogs were crazy excited and didn't know what to do at first.  
The driving has not been bad so far.  Chris has been shoveling like crazy (he even gets up at 4:30am to shovel before i leave for work).  He is beggin for a snow blower already but i just tell him real men shovel snow :)