Christmas a little early!

We just set up our Christmas Tree, a whole week before Thanksgiving.  We have been waiting to set it up since we bought it at the end of the season last year.  We also purchased our first set of decorations recently and are excited to start the season early.  This will be our first Christmas since getting hitched in May.  We listen to Christmas music on the radio in the morning and round down the nights with hot cocoa and made for t.v. Christmas movies on TBS.   The chill is in the air as the temperature has dropped below freezing a couple of days in the last week.  A fresh snow would be welcome as to bring more of that holiday spirit we crave.  While there has been snow on the ground for Christmas, in Seattle we've only experienced snowfall on December 25th five times since 1909, so we will cross our fingers for a white Christmas.  

If we have the opportunity this year we plan to travel to a small town just east of the Cascade Mountain Range call Leavenworth (see the added photo), a small Bavarian town great to visit during Oktoberfest and Christmas.  With Pino's new 1996 Chevrolet Blazer (new to him) with four wheel drive it should be a safe and adventurous  trip.

As the holiday season progresses we hope to keep you updated on the latest in our neck of the woods, with new pictures and more posts of our early Christmas!