You had one job, Mother Nature

We are now one week into December and I think it's safe to say that Mother Nature isn't doing her job very well. We have had NO snow, and at this rate, I don't think we are going to be having a white Christmas after all. What is Christmas with no snow? Despite the shocking heat wave that we're currently experiencing in Salt Lake City, Kendrick and I have managed to keep things as festive as possible.

While in Richfield for Thanksgiving break, my father-in-law planned a fun Christmas craft for everyone to do. Yes, you read that right, my father-in-law! We drove up into the mountains and collected pines to make wreaths- we all know I was totally on board. Kendrick's mom picked up all things glittery and shiny to decorate them with, and we bought some gold and silver spray paint. Kendrick and I ended up keeping our wreath simple by spraying the tips gold, and adding a large gold bow at the bottom. Because like I've mentioned before, everything is better with a bow. Everything. My favorite part about the whole experience? Kendrick did a craft with me. :)

On the first day of December, I was finally granted permission to put up the Christmas tree. Kendrick's love and devotion for Thanksgiving is fierce and he firmly believes that anything Christmas or holiday-related does not belong in the month of November, what-so-ever. Being the good wife that I am, I respectfully waited until 12:01 AM on December 1st to put the tree up and deck the halls out of our tiny basement apartment.
(By the way, why didn't anyone alert me that I was marrying Scrooge? 7-days into December and getting Kendrick to watch Christmas movies with me is like pulling teeth.) (Love you, honey.)

I've been getting my Christmas-craft on like it's no ones business and have recently found a love for painting canvases. So far, all my inspiration has come from Pinterest and I have yet to venture out from just painting quotes or sayings. One day at a time, people. However, I'm pretty happy with how they are turning out! My sister is a bit more talented than me and made me a couple of gorgeous sparkly gold and white pillows, and I definitely intend on having them out year-round.

The other night, my family met at Winder Dairy to have our annual feast of scones and egg nog to find that it has been permanently closed. We were obviously sad about this- this is a tradition that has gone back as far as most of us can remember! However, we made the most of the night and settled on Abs for some egg nog shakes and hamburgers. Afterwards, Kendrick and I drove out to Christmas Street to look at all the pretty lights- this is also a yearly tradition of my families, and hopefully this one will stick around!

'tis the season!