Countdown to Christmas

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER!?!? Where has this year gone!?!?.... 

I don't know about you, but this time of year is my favorite time of year.  Between Thanksgiving and New Years just seems to be the best part of the year.  I am able to spend lots of time with family and enjoy the holiday season.  No matter what holidays you do or don't celebrate, you can't help but get wrapped up in the season!!

My love for this season is definitely encouraged by the fact that this is when we get SNOW and usually lots of it.  Being in Montana there is something so beautiful about waking up to a fresh new layer of snow.  If you haven't seen Montana during the winter, you are missing out!!  The mountains here are beautiful anytime of year but cover in snow, that's a completely different type of beauty!!

Walking home from work last week after a fresh snow

So.. that was a bit of a tangent... Back to the point of this post...

I know I'm a bit behind on this, things in the beginning of the month have been totally crazed!!  I have found myself counting down to Christmas (11 days!) ... This is probably because I get to hit the road to visit my family, including my brother's family (which means lots of loving on my niece and nephew).  With us living in different states; I'm in Montana, my parents and younger sister are in Washington state, and my brother and his family are in California; Christmas is one of the few times a year that we get everyone under the same roof.  I believe my Aunt and Uncle may even be making the trip too.  Plus, my boyfriend gets to meet my brother for the first time (duhn duhn duhhhhhhh)  Needless to say, it's going to be a full house.  SO! To bring you in on my countdown to Christmas, starting today, I'm going to start posting my Countdown to Christmas series!!  I'm shooting for this to be an everyday from now until Christmas, that may be a high goal!!

These posts will range from a variety of things ... Beauty, recipes, and any other random things that I want to share with you or think you'll find interesting.   As always, I'm taking request, so if there is something that you would like to see, definitely send that my away!!!!

So... remember to keep checking for new postings counting down to Christmas!!!