November

November and December are unarguably my favorite months out of the year. It is the holiday season. Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner and you can't help but feel happy. I love ending each day with cuddling up in a blanket with some hot coco and reading by the fireplace. (TV fireplace, but still) I started reading the Count of Monte Cristo and I love it so far! Chris finished one of the books he was reading so now I am making him read the Great Gatsby. I am sure he will make me read Lord of the Rings or some other fantasy book next. 

Chris and I went to see Mockingjay Part 1 at the Alamo Drafthouse. The theater was a little weird but I had the best milkshake of my life and the movie was pretty good. I think the next movie will be better.
A highlight from this month was Greg coming to visit! We had a wonderful time with him and were sad to see him leave. These are some of the fun things we did while Greg was here:

SPURS GAME!!

Greg bought us all tickets to the Spurs v. Kings game the day after Thanksgiving. It was super fun! Oh, and they won :) 

Picture turned out dark, but oh well. It was a great night. 

ALAMO AND RIVERWALK

We spent a day showing Greg the Riverwalk and the Alamo. We actually got to go inside and take a tour of the Alamo this time! Everything was really busy because they were having a tree lighting and Christmas parade that night.

We also saw Interstellar. This picture pretty much sums up what I took out of that movie.

We were so glad Greg came down to visit with us! It was a great time and I hope he comes again soon :)

So, of course I couldn't write a November blog without mentioning Thanksgiving! Our friends, Malea and Colton invited us over for Thanksgiving dinner with some other friends of ours. I was in charge of bringing the corn, rolls, mashed potatoes and dessert! I decided to make some cake pops for dessert. I used holiday red and green velvet cake mix with white frosting and white chocolate coating. Oh, and I sprinkled some candy cane crumbs on top!

Thanksgiving was really fun :) After we ate the delicious food, we played some games and went for a walk on the walking trial. We did some Black Friday shopping later that night which wasn't too bad. We just went to Walmart and got a few things.
So, I love Thanksgiving, I really do. However, one reason I love it so much is because afterwards I can officially decorate for Christmas and watch Christmas movies and listen to Christmas songs! (I've been watching Christmas movies and listening to Christmas songs on the radio a few days prior to Thanksgiving but Chris refused to participate but now he can't say I'm crazy anymore) Chris and I went to Hobby Lobby and got some cool Christmas decorations for 50 percent off. We don't have much room for a Christmas Tree but I refuse to let a Christmas pass without one in my house, even if we won't actually be in Texas for Christmas. We bought a 4' tree and love it. This is before I fluffed it up more and added some sparkly silver ribbon.

This is our Christmas wreath that I made with some extra decorations from Hobby Lobby. 

I will post more pictures of decorations and things on my Christmas Blog which I will make soon. Anyways. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!