The Christmas Spirit

Things are definitely looking a lot like Christmas around here. Inside, the house is cozy and warm. A glimpse out the window affords a view of twinkling Christmas lights and the white blanket of snow that remains frozen on the lawns and streets. In the spirit of some of my real life friends who also blog, I thought I would post a few pictures of what Christmas looks like around our house...

One of my favorite decorations is a Christmas card that I put in a frame years ago. It isn't so much the image, but the message on the card that I love and it always puts me in the right frame of mind for the season: