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So....we had a minor dusting of snow this weekend.  And by minor dusting, I mean record-breaking accumulation.  I think 23.2 inches was the final count for Philly this weekend.  This made living in a warmer climate like I talked about in my last post more and more appealing.  Nine times out of ten I wouldn't care about being snowed in with Jay, sitting in front of a fire all weekend, but I was supposed to head to Atlantic City for one of my college roommate's bachelorette party this weekend - so I'm sad we had to cancel our plans!  Well, I guess it will be kind of cool that we'll have a white Christmas this year!  Here is the view from one of my front windows.....who else loves my candy cane-esque front porch polls??

If you look on the left side of this picture, you can see that the snow is all the way up to the tippy top of our white fence (a little hard to see with the snow):

But here you can see how tall that fence is!  Craziness.

I took this picture of my car because I thought this looked like a ton of snow.  Little did I know, the next morning the snow would be all the way up to the window of my driver's side door.  That was fun trying to clear out.

I also had to take a walk in the snow and get some wintery pictures - the walk didn't last long.  Snow blowing in my face and soaking my camera made it a quick trip:)

Hope everyone stayed safe in the storm - on the bright side, we'll have a white Christmas!

I don't know about the rest of the country, but in Philly this past week, man it got COLD.  I mean freezing-to-the-bone cold.  I used to absolutely love winter.....but I think the only reason I loved it was the possibility of a snow day from school.  Now, I would be perfectly OK with living in a climate where there was no such thing as winter.  And shoveling.  And scraping ice off of my car.

I've started researching honeymoon locations, and I'm thinking (and praying and crossing my fingers) that Kauai, Hawaii will be our destination:)  I've never been to Hawaii, and I've always wanted to go....it seems like the ultimate paradise to me.  Then I started thinking - can you imagine how amazing it would be to live in a place like Kauai?  I mean seriously....could you imagine if you lived here?

Ahhhh - until October, Kauai, until October:)

(picture from Hawaii.com)

The Christmas season is one of my favorite times of the year - the Christmas music, the decorations, and the feeling in the air.  It's also the time of year that all of my old roommates from PSU and I get together for a little PSU reunion.  We've done this every year since we graduated, and I hope it never stops, even when we're all grown up and married with kids:)  This year I hosted the get together - it's so nice to have a house to invite everyone over to!

What can I say?  I love these girls!

I'm not sure why, but for some reason it was SO much more fun decorating for Christmas this year, now that we have a house of our very own.  Christmas decorations just make me happy, so I thought I'd share my Christmas happiness with you:)

I also love that I now have a mantel to decorate:)

Jay's pick:)

Oh man, nothing says Christmas like presents under a tree - I looooove wrapping presents:)

These guys are my favorite:

Happy Holidays!