Sunrise at Wrightsville

Here are some pictures of the sunrise this morning as seen from the 3rd floor deck area at the beach house on Wrightsville Beach. The pictures do not do it justice, it is really beautiful!

Candy Time!

It's that time of year again! My mother and I spent time tonight making our yearly Christmas Candy. We made peanut butter fudge, chocolate fudge, chocolate covered peanut butter balls (shown in the picture in the before and after chocolate coating phases), and Ritz peanut butter crackers coated in white chocolate. Yum, yum!

And the verdict is...

My step-sister is having twin boys! Congratulations Kellie and Josh!

Christmas Deliveries!

Tis the season for Christmas cards and package deliveries! The vendors at work have been bringing yummy goodies, so that is nice. Also, I got two packages in the mail today from friends. One was a wonderful goody basket for myself and my family and the other was a gift from my best friend. Toby was very happy with the latter gift, as it contained a nice set of small bones for him. As you can tell from the pictures, he was very anxious to get into the present!

Thank you to all for the Christmas Cards and presents!

Hallmark Snowmen

This weekend, my mother and I went into Hallmark and purchased this year's dancing/singing snowmen. She has gotten them every year for about 4 years or so, so we couldn't resist. Here is a video of the dancing/singing snowmen, they are quite cute!

The "herd" is emerging...

At night, you can barely see the wreaths

As seen from the front door

Before the wreaths

Last night, we began to unpack the deer and trees and put them together. Today, we finally got our deer placed in the yard. After a break to thaw out, we then hung the wreaths on the windows and the garage. There still may be a few changes to come, as in we are trying to decide what to do with the upper windows and also if we should put the moose out as well. If you cannot tell, at this point, there are two trees (one that changes from blue to white lights), and 5 deer (two large, two medium that are animated, and one small baby). We also have some other things that we may place outside in the next week, you'll just have to wait to see!

Neighbor's House

Our same neighbor who had the fun Halloween decorations up, now has an entire yard full of Christmas decorations. On the way home from work a few days ago, I snapped these pictures. They really do not do it justice as there are so many fun decorations in their yard (front and back). I hope that you enjoy! We should be getting some of our "herd" out this weekend, I'll be sure to share pictures when it goes up.