CHRISTMAS = MAGICAL

CASS AND IZZY SITTING ON SANTA'S LAP AT THE DAYBREAK "POLAR EXPRESS NIGHT" WHERE THEY SERVED HOT COCOA WITH CANDYCANES AND WE WATCHED THE POLAR EXPRESS MOVIE IN OUR PJ'S AND THEY GOT TO WRITE THEIR WISH LIST TO SANTA...THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE CUTEST ACTIVITIES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HOPE YOU HAVE THE BEST HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! FROM OUR FAMILY TO YOURS...WE LOVE YOU!!!

I CAME IN THE HOUSE TO FIND THAT CASS HAD CARRIED THE BINS FROM DOWNSTAIRS (SOME ARE PRETTY HEAVY) TO FIND THESE CUTE LITTLE WINTER DECORATIONS TO PUT ON THE WINDOWS. IT WAS THE CUTEST SIGHT...SHE HAD PULLED THE CHAIR UP TO THE WINDOW AND OPENED THE SHUTTERS...OH...I JUST WANTED TO TOSS HER INTO THE AIR AND CATCH HER...BUT...I DIDN'T. I LOVE CHRISTMAS TIME. IT'S THE BEST! IT REALLY IS A MAGICAL HOLIDAY. I LOVE THE DECORATED TREES, ORNAMENTS, THE HOLIDAY SCENTS, WREATHS, HOT DRINKS, FIREPLACES, MUSIC, CHRISTMAS MOVIES, SNUGGLING UP AND READING CHRISTMAS STORIES, PLAYING IN THE SNOW, SLEDDING, WATCHING THE SNOW COME DOWN, GIFTS, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND FAMILY.

SEE!?? LOOK HOW MAGICAL THIS RED ORNAMENT IS. I CAME INTO THE FAMILY ROOM TO SEE CASS JUST STARING AT THIS BALL AND TWIRLING IT...

OKAY. SO I ASKED DAVE IF HE'D HANG SOME LIGHTS THIS YEAR. HE SAID "SURE" WITHOUT EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT. I THINK IT WAS QUITE THE ORDEAL AND I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS...

YES...THIS PICTURE ABOVE IS DAVE HANGING ON FOR DEAR LIFE. TEASING, BUT DOESN'T IT LOOK FUNNY? TEE HAA

THIS PICTURE BELOW IS CRIFF BELAYING DAVE (YES. THEY TAKE THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES VERY SERIOUSLY.) YOU KNOW THEY ARE VERY CAUTIOUS WHEN IT COMES TO HEIGHTS, ETC. THEY ARE AMAZING IN THE OUTDOORS (RAPPELLING AND ROCKCLIMBING). YOU SHOULD SEE THEM! THEY ARE LIKE VAMPIRES. SEXY.

TADA!!! I LOVE LIGHTS! THANKS DAVE AND CRIFF FOR MAKING MY LIGHTS LOOK SPECTACULAR!!

I HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING THIS TIME OF YEAR AS MUCH AS WE ARE! WE WILL BE CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAYS WITH MY PARENTS IN THEIR COZY LITTLE CABIN IN MARYSVALE! SEE THEIR WEBSITE IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY AT: http://bullionretreat.com/ THEY RENT OUT THE TOP PART OF THEIR CABIN AND IT IS THE BEST! YOU SHOULD TRY IT! THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!