So beautiful outside.....

I find myself extremely frustrated right now....I'm so excited for Christmas but I feel like I have to keep pushing that down because I don't have time to think or plan any of it! I love going to the Living Christmas Tree every year with my husband (haven't even had time to get tickets yet), I love planning a whole list of goodies to bake and surprising unexpecting recipients (again no time to think). I know it's still early but I think with the push at Villages to get all the Christmas stuff out in the store by Nov. 1 and the fact that we've got snow now, I'm just feeling really excited but scared that I'm running out of time. I just love Christmas. It's funny I didn't really care much for it as a child. However now that Jason and I are creating our own family traditions I'm falling in love with it all over again!

I took some shots of the beauty surrounding us this morning. When I walked out of our bedroom I saw this (we have a loft style kind of thing going on)

I was so excited! Normally you can see across the river to the other side but it was still snowing very hard at this point. So you can't even see the river or the other side.

Now if I turned around I was able to take this shot of the cranky man who didn't want to get out of bed because "we haven't bought a snow blower yet"

I just LOVE when the snow is hanging and outlining every branch. Our property and view are very beautiful and I think that I need to remind myself of this when I get frustrated with my, what sometimes seems like forever, long drive to the city. I'm thankful that God has blessed this city girl with some country living to appreciate His beauty and wonder a little more!

Kitty doesn't care what it's like out....all she cares about when I get up is that the bowl gets refilled....
Wish I would have taken a shot later in the day but I was too busy making muffins and hanging out with Jason, maybe next time!