baby it's cooolllld outside

so we had our first snow! and since this picture we have had more. i gotta say. i don't LOVE snow. but i do love it around christmas time! i love that my boys can have the best of both worlds with the beach in the summer and the snow in the winter! they were so excited to go out and play in it!
*little side-note here. we have a thrift store nearby that we love going to and we snagged aj's columbia winter coat for 2.00 and ry's lands end one for 1.00! i gotta tell ya...it's been tough for me to even think about paying more than 5 bucks for anything lately!! :)

then they came in and wanted to warm up with some hot cocoa. is this just like a hallmark movie or what?




then they started helping nanny decorate the little christmas tree that they had picked out. i am NOT making this up people :)




and all this while nat king cole sang "the christmas song" in the background. ok. i don't know if that last part was true.

i just had to end with a picture of the very nativity set that i grew up playing with. and that is what it's all about.


ps. it is killing me to post pictures without being able to edit them! my laptop is still not working, and that is where my beloved photoshop is!