It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Aw the holidays it is truly my favorite time of year! I love everything about it to be honest, the time with family, decorating the house, cuddling with my boys under a warm blanket with a good book or movie! As I read on Facebook there are so many people that really don't like this time of year and I really don't understand what is there it to like. I mean I can understand not liking the commercialism of it all but I have decided to look past all that and look only at what it is really about. It should only be about two things one is family and the other thing, the most important is about celebrating the birth of Jesus, the Son of God! Now don't get me wrong it is my son's first christmas and we are getting him one or two things (seriously only one or two things), but I really want him growing up knowing what it is really about and not growing up thinking it is about getting. God has blessed me and my family with so much this year and I don't mean providing us with our wants but blessing us by providing what we need and teaching us (especially me) how to be content with what we have.

I love how our tree turned out...it has mostly handmade ornaments
that were handed down from my grandma or that I made growing up!!

This was an ornament that used to hang on my Grandma's tree
I miss her!!

I have been doing a lot of thinking and reflecting as the year is almost over, it has been a crazy one. It has also been the best and hardest year! As I was reading some of my older posts I came across one that I wrote around the first of the year, it had a list of some personal goals. I thought I might copy that list again into this post as a reminder to myself just how far I have come this year.

http://simplylifetogether.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-year-has-begun.html

...Like I said earlier I am not one for normally one for New Year Resolutions but I felt that it would be a good thing if I set some goals for myself. I am always wanting to better myself as a wife, as a person, and I'm sure I wont be the perfect mom either! I have been thinking about this a lot recently for some reason and I'm not really sure why. Well any way here it goes:

1. Build my portfolio
2. Spend more time with Scott
✔3. Not be as nonchalant about things in life, i.e. research/plan things that affect my families life in a big way
✔4. Build my website
✔5. Cook more
✔6. Make time for myself and time with God
7. Learn to sew
✔8. Get certified in Final Cut Pro
✔9. Get certified in Motion

I think that is all for now! Lets see what I actually get done this year.