Snow.

It's been snowing for the last two hours like CRAZY! I'll take pictures and post them later!

First Christmas present.

When we went to England this last May, we ran into our new favorite store, Cath Kidston.



Mom describes it as Laura Ashley on steroids. You can order from the US online, so I decided to take a look at their Christmas line. Oh boy. . .too cute. Mom has been wanting new mugs for hot chocolate and soup, so I found these little Christmas mugs at Cath Kidston. When they arrived in the mail (addressed to 'Miss Sarah Rayner -- so English), I couldn't resist not giving them to Mom right away. I figured, since they're Christmas mugs, we better enjoy them now. But the real reason I gave them to her early is because I couldn't wait. I just love giving her presents early! (And she loves it, too!)

They each came in a little Christmas tin! Too cute!

This is the only present I have given her early. . .there is one present that is really exciting that I will give her at noon on Christmas Eve. She keeps wanting me to tell her what it is and where we're going, but I won't give it up. She will nonchalantly say, "What are we doing on Christmas Eve?" just to try to catch me off guard. What? It's like she thinks if she randomly brings it up in a conversation that I'll say, "Oh yeah! We're going to. . ." Yeah right, Mom! :) I can't wait for Christmas Eve!

Family pictures.

Our wonderful friend, Sister Ashby, took our family pictures for us a couple of weeks ago. We haven't had our pictures taken for years, especially with just the three of us girls. It was so much fun, but now we can't pick which one to put in our Christmas cards!