It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!
Well…not really. At least not out here in Palo Alto it isn’t, and that is absolutely alright with me and Ryan. These past few months it has really started to sink in that moving out to California was truly a fabulous choice. There are many, many reasons why this is true, but one reason in particular is obviously the weather! The mere fact that as I type this, our friends and family back in Indiana are already battling the first few inches of snow this season is reason enough for me to shout for joy one more time tomorrow when I drive to work with the sunroof open and smile in the warmth of the sun 
I’m not bragging…no…I’ll get my fill of below freezing windchills and dirty slush when I’m home for Christmas in a few weeks.
Although it may not look like Christmas outside, it certainly looks like Christmas inside our cottage. I had been eagerly awaiting the day that Ryan and I went to pick out our lovely Christmas tree. We decided to go to the Palo Alto Kiwanis Club Christmas tree lot to find our beauty. On a beautiful sunny day, Ryan and I set out to find “the one”. It wasn’t long before we made out decision and brought home the lucky tree.
I decided to go with a red/silver/little bit of gold theme for the tree this year. Luckily Target supplied me with almost all of my decor and I think the tree turned out pretty nice this year if I do say so myself Ryan and I had a great time decorating it too. We turned up some of Pandora’s finest holiday music and spent the afternoon decorating and admiring our first Christmas tree together. It was pretty special and we’re looking forward to many, many more years of decorating our tree together.
So even though it may still be around 70 degrees and sunny outside, I haven’t lost one bit of my Christmas spirit! I absolutely love Christmas time and I’m even excited to go back to Indiana to have just a little bit of snow for Christmas…because I know that I’m coming back to sunshine when it’s over
Check out the video below or over on YouTube to see how our tree-hunting/decorating adventure went:
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[...] Last weekend me and Stephanie accomplished a pretty big milestone in our relationship - we officially put up our first Christmas tree together. Well, as I continue to stare at the newly added and and beautifully decorated symbol of holiday goodness that’s now in our living room(Stephanie gets all the credit for this) I can’t help to think that it’s missing something. After thinking it through I realized that it’s missing some of the more personal touches that I became so used to having on the Christmas trees of my childhood. Simply put, our Christmas tree needs a little bit of personality. A little bit of flair, if you will. Of course, this is where all of you awesomely fantastic people come in - we want to add each of you to our Christmas tree! [...]