I've been waiting since October for the new and final album release from the David Crowder Band.

Well, it's here, and I love it and I think you would to! I have to admit there was an extra-special thrill when I saw the album title. Because of course I have a soft spot for the beauty of rest.

**Disclosure: This is just me sharing something I love. No paid advertising here.

Around here, as soon as the day after Thanksgiving hits, everyone is ready to go full force towards Christmas.

Last weekend we enjoyed beautiful warm weather while we visited a farm just down the road.

After a leisurely hay ride, we had fun picking out our first live Christmas tree as a family.

That night we sat with friends, only slightly chilled, and enjoyed the city light parade.

This weekend we were so excited to have family from out of town (and a much warmer climate I might add) join us for the annual Christmas parade.

The delightfully warm weather of last weekend had gone on it's way, and was replaced by gray skies, sleety snow and thirty degree temperatures.

We started the parade freezing, but hopeful.

Enjoying the festive fun of the snow…

As the parade marched by and the snow kept falling, temperatures kept dropping.

By the end of the parade we were all feeling beyond frozen and ready to escape.

After recouping in a nearby restaurant we headed home. By that time there was a solid layer of snow on the ground and it was all quickly turning to ice. 

The drive home was…slightly terrifying. A little bit of slipping and sliding by us, but nothing compared to the people around us… running off the road, spinning in circles and sliding across lanes of traffic. I was much more scared of them than the actual road.

But we made it home alive, and without anyone creaming us, so we were all thankful for that. Of course after the frigid morning and frightening trek home, none of us felt like braving it all again and going back out for the courthouse lighting. I was a bit sad about that, but not sad enough to go! Traditions are flexible right?

We listened to this song while driving and it made me feel a little bit like I was living in a fun Christmas-time movie.

What have you been doing to celebrate the season?

Thanks to my wonderfully amazing code-savvy husband, I got a brand new blog design for my birthday. 

It's still a work in progress, but I really wanted the new look up for my birthday which is in just a few short hours.

So….what do you think?

So , a little known fact about me…

I'm not really an avid follower of contemporary popular music. 

It's just not my thing.

My most common experience has been to attempt an interest and to hear something I love, only to end up being completely disgusted or disillusioned by the lyrics. 

What can I say? I'm picky.

But, in spite of my lack of interest, I do receive some exposure now and then thanks to the hounding suggestions of my sister.

And once in a blue moon (much to her joy) we find a winner. 

This is my song of choice lately….