christmas lights

i love christmas lights!!! i'm sad that people will be taking down or unplugging their lights now that christmas is over! i love the glow and how happy i feel looking at them. the white lights can be great and the simplicity of them is gorgeous but i love the colored lights best! :] here are some beautiful christmas light pictures i found on we heart it. i love trees with lights in succession and on sidewalks/streets!!
this tree is fab-u-lous!! i want one!!

and star lights on trees? are you freaking kidding me? love!!!

the big, colored lights are my favorite!! remind me of my childhood when we used to put these on our house and on our tree... :]

and i love an exceeding normal amount of lights on each tree! :)

hope the holidays are/were great for you!!

brrr.. and xmas!!!

it's freezing here!!! brrr.... it went from 40's to single digits and i was/am not prepared. but i love the snow. snapped a few pictures around our house tonight mostly to get moving around to try and keep off some of the chills. :)

here is our beautiful tree. although it is mom's tree and i tend to resent it because i prefer a real tree like we used to have and wish for our family/handmade ornaments as the decor as it used to be; i must admit it is pretty to look at.

love when there's some holly nog in the fridge!! so yummy!!

mom's little fire unit is the closest thing we've ever had to a fire place and i have to say i'm loving it. being able to stand next to it and be insta-warm is a great thing. plus it's pretty cute.

saw this t-shirt lying around in my brothers clean laundry pile. made me laugh. i think deer are incredibly beautiful; then i read it... chuckles :)

i think i hooked this little guy on our cubbard when i was 6 or so and he's been there ever since. he just makes me smile :]

that's all for now. hoping to try my hand at snow pictures tomorrow seeing as how the amazing gina is stilling letting me have the rebel. ps. gina is currently doing a can's for comment food drive so visit her page, leave her a comment, and do the easiest donation possible (she does all the work) :]

tis the season | cookies

today my momma and i made the majority of our christmas cookies. we take a day each year and make em; sometimes we have help from others some years we don't. this year it was just the 2 of us! :) we have our usual/typical kinds that we stick to. pretty much the tasty ones that don't require too much work :]

we made spritz's!! with a manual spritz machine. these are pretty much my favorite to make!!

we also made the peanut butter hersey kiss ones (we made a double batch this year; may be too many....)
and haystacks mmmmm.. so yummy!!

and russian tea cakes

and these peanut butter town house chocolate ones that i don't know the name of but that are sooooo tasty!!!!

and there will be a few more kinds made tomorrow!!! i love christmas time!!!!