Christmas is in the air!!

I feel like we've been going non-stop lately! Work has been crazy with preparations for all of the year-end accounting stuff so I've been sooo busy. Thanksgiving was totally amazing, I'm so happy that I got to spend some time with family and be home on such a great holiday for the first time in the past 5 years. On the flip side, this is the first time I've ever celebrated a Christmas away from home. I'm really sad about missing our family's Christmas party and not getting to spend it with my Grandma when it will probably be her last one...but there are definitely so many reasons why I'm excited about this Christmas:

1) I'm really excited for our first Christmas in our home. I'm excited about spending Christmas morning with my husband and beginning our own family traditions.
2) I LOVE having a house to decorate! Granted, I don't go around putting something in every nook and cranny, but I love having our own tree with our ornaments, my own nativity set, yummy smelling candles, and a few others things.
3) I'm excited about taking part in my husband's family traditions and seeing how he's grown up celebrating Christmas.
4) NO traveling!! Seriously, getting back and forth between two of the snowiest states is extremely stressful sometimes. Last Christmas my brother and I were really close to spending the night in the airport in Minneapolis and I seriously had a nervous breakdown.
5) I'll hopefully get to talk to my brother!! (this is something I would get to do either way, but I'm still excited) Eric is on a mission in Boston since August and I'm excited to hear from him. I miss him a lot.

Here's a few pics from Thanksgiving and our Christmas decorations at home :)Some of my family celebrating Thanksgiving at my parents house

I LOVE my nativity set!!

Our kitchen table

My Grandma gave us this for Christmas this year

Our awesome tree and some presents!