Happy Holidays!!

Christams is almost here and I am so excited to be going home to California!!! Ryan took a week off and we will get to be there Christmas Day until New Years Day and we have so many fun things planned. Here is a little glimpse of what we will be doing......Jazz vs Clippers game GO JAZZ! A New Years Eve Concert with one of my favorite singers

KRISTEN CHENOWETH and the LA Symphony! Not to mention all the fun nights with the fam! I am so excited to be going home for our 1st Christmas being married!

I have loved decorating my own house for the holidays though! The Christmas tree went up Thanksgiving night and Ryan and I bought lights for outside and put those up together! It has been so fun to buy and hide gifts and stocking stuffers from each other! I can't wait to use our video camera Christmas morning and begin our Woodmansee traditions together!!

On another note I have loved being out of school and have done nothing..... Seriously watched so many movies and hung out in sweat pants making Christmas goodies and wrapping gifts! What a much needed break! My awesome husband however is finished with school. Yep that's right he GRADUATED! I could not be more proud of his accomplishments and hard work! So we have much to be grateful for this season and wish you ALL a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

40 Days till Christmas

My Mom came to visit me last weekend we we had such an amazing time.....My mom is super awesome and I LOVED having her here. We did tons of shopping and house things and she taught me how to make bread. I have to say my rolls turned out amazing.....Making bread is really so simple!! Ryan and I were asked to speak in church a few weeks ago and we are glad to have that behind us haha. Our talks on Sunday were about Gratitude and Thanksgiving which is so appropriate for this time of year. Ryan did a great job and I felt pretty good about how mine went.
I am SUPER excited for Christmas. I have been listening to music and getting decorations ready and cannot wait to buy my FIRST real tree for my FIRST Christmas with my husband!!!! Things are good here at the Woodmansee's...we couldn't be more blessed and happy!!
My in laws are coming to join us in Cedar for Thanksgiving and I can't believe that that is next week. It will be so awesome to have our little sister Rylee here with us as well as our sisters Kylie and Kristen and adorable baby Jett!!! I am sooo excited to make my first Thanksgiving meal and hope everything goes well.
Hope everyone has an amazing Thanksgiving. SoooOOoOOoOooo much to be grateful for :)

Love my siblings!!

How stinkin cute is Rylee! I LOVE HER!

Wonderful time of year :)

Today is a beautiful day! The weather is ideal and the fall colors are lovely. Just had to take my puppy for a run on the fourwheelers with my husband cause no one knows how much longer we will have good weather. So my husband calls me today and says come look at this puppy over at Smiths....bad idea. I can not say no to puppies especially cute ones!!! It was adorable and snuggled up under my chin. Man my husband had to be strong for the both us. Sooooo now I want another puppy for my puppy Buddy because he would love the company! Aside from the lovely weather it is officially JAZZ season ladies and gentlemen. I could not be happier to watch mi amor Deron Williams play again. Sadly last night they played like homemade horse poo so I'm hoping tonight they get some pep in their step and show me some love. Like I said it is a wonderful time of year :)

My puppy Buddy and my studly brother Chad

Just thought you would like to know that it tastes WONDERFUL :)

I have a new hobby that is super fun.....Baking! I love it! SO much.....right now I am waiting for my homemade Pear Crisp to come out of the oven....I hope it tastes as good as it is smelling right now!!! I am all about trying new recipes and love being in my kitchen. I found a delicious recipe that I will be making for my first hosting of Thanksgiving! Aside from the dinner and the delicious food I will be cooking I am going to make a MAPLE PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE.....can you say bomb??? I love cheesecake and I love pumpkin pie so this should hit the spot!! I will share the recipe when I make it!!!

Here we go....

So I am new to the blogging life and still learning how to do it all. I happen to have a lot of free time since my poor husband has to work so many graveyard shifts!! Boo!! But we are grateful for the work and his employment NO DOUBT. I am trying to keep myself busy redoing and redecorating our home, which  is AWESOME! We are so lucky to have a 3 bedroom townhome so I get to be creative with so much space. Along with the home projects we are preparing for a garage sale so if everything goes as planned we will be having one October 23. Hopefully it will be awesome and you all should come. Well tomorrow is Wednesday and that means the weekend is almost here, which makes me very happy!!! Happiness is not always having what you want, it's wanting what you have!!