It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Garth and I by the fire. I love having fires!!

The Gipson's by our undecorated tree--don't worry, it's decorated now :)

I love this season!!

Thanksgiving/Garth's birthday

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving down in San Clemente. The night before, we went to the Spectrum Center in Irvine and we had a yummy dinner and then watched Kimu, our nephew, go ice skating for the first time. This was very special for us, especially his dad, because his dad was played hockey through college. It was fun to watch his little legs going all over the place. But he ended up having a good time! I also got to have some baby Karson time while we were watching Kimu. We just love our nephews!!

The next day, we had so much fun when all of Garth's family and my family came together at his mom's house in San Clemente for a delicious Thanksgiving meal. We had so much food and had a great time hanging out together. It also happened to be Garth's birthday, so we were able to celebrate his special day all together. Look who's 27 now!!

On the following night, we had a little surprise b-day party for Garth at Silky Sullivan's, an Irish pub in Fountain Valley. It was fun having a bunch of his friends and family there celebrating his birthday. We rocked out on the dance floor, the boys enjoyed watching the game, and we all had delicious food. It was a great night. Thanks to everyone who made it a special night for Garth.

Italy

In less than 20 days Garth and I are headed to Italy!! We are so excited to spend the holidays over there. We'll be in Rome for Christmas, then we'll go to Florence, and we'll end up in Venice where we'll be staying at a hotel on St. Mark's square for New Year's Eve! We are just hoping everything will be cleared up from the floods in Venice. We can't wait!!!