That is a line from a song l've been listening to lately and for many reasons it wraps Christmas up well for us. It is also the tagline pasted across our walls for Christmas! The ground is now covered in snow and it is very beautiful and in a few weeks l will put some photos up...but when Seth is free to take some good ones!!

Since my last update there have been a few changes. Mostly the weather, there wasn't snow, it wasn't so cold, and now it is! Also, l found a wonderful job l was happy working in, but was laid off 4 weeks later. It seems the economy is pretty much the same both here and in Ireland, and cutbacks are being made everywhere. I will hopefully start working again pretty soon after Christmas. God knows.

Seth is doing as well as ever in work. I am very happy that he rarely works over 40 hours a week and pretty much leaves work in his workplace when he comes home to me. He is an awesome husband, especially because he has really snuggly sweaters and l get to wear them when he's at work all day:)

While l do miss the fact that l will miss out on parties back in Ireland this time of year we have been spending a lot of time with friends and going to parties here, which near about makes up for it!

This was a girls only night..so Seth said l could wear my girls only dress! Ha

We are also very excited for all our friends getting married this season, and are excited to see them come together on their wedding days! It brings back so many good memories to be at weddings and l get excited telling those friends how wonderful it is being married and all their is to anticipate within it!

The one thing l think l will miss most on Christmas day, aside from my parents, is the sea and walking on the beach with Roxy! I sound like Jacq!! But l will miss these things. l am just so excited for my first Christmas with Seth though and playing in the snow. I am so glad its possible to play outside this time of year, even if it is -20 C, l couldn't cope being trapped inside all Winter!

Some of the things l've learned about snow is that it can sometimes be very deceiving...one night as a friend came to pick me up to go out l looked down by the steps of our front door (which we don't often use really!) and said "Hey look Seth a huge dog has been walking around our house!" He took a quick look and said "No, that would be a bunny rabbit!!" It really did look like a giant Boxer dogs footprints actually, if you looked at them kind of quickly.

Its also a LOT of fun to drive on snow...and Seth and l are going to go find an empty parking lot somewhere this Christmas and go crazy!!! Safely!

Also, when you get lost you're usually going in the right direction until your not.

 
Seth and I about to cut down our Christmas tree...and it was soo much fun driving there because it was a bit like rally driving because the terrain through the woods was all rough and I am so glad we have an Outback (also because it has AWD and I don't fly off the ice on the Freeway) and I so can't wait to go rally driving (in Ireland...sometime...because it doesn't exist here)!

A dodgy decorated Christmas tree photo...there will be better ones to come for sure...