I love this time of year... the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  It's such a fun time with so many things to do.  We had a great Thanksgiving!  I'm a sucker for traditions and starting them and this year, we started a Thankful Tree.  Throughout the days before Thanksgiving, KT, the boys and I would write different things we are thankful for on the leaves of our tree.  I loved listening to the responses we would get from the boys when we asked them what they were thankful for each night.  I'm excited to see how our thanks change each year.

Speaking of thankfulness, I love listening to the boys say their prayers each night.  I have learned so much about prayer from them.  Jesus wants us to come to Him like children and with a child-like faith, but sometimes that's hard as adults.  Listening to them list off the things they are thankful for - like the trees - makes me realize the many things I don't even think about thanking God for.  I hope that I always display an attitude of gratitude and set an example of thanking God for His blessings, both big and small, and not just at Thanksgiving time.

Another thing we had to be thankful for this year was Clemson winning the ACC Championship and going to the Orange Bowl.  I must admit that I have certainly enjoyed watching the Tigers play ball all year.  As a reborn Tiger, I like it better on this "side."  It makes me smile watching KT get so excited when Clemson scores.  :)

For the most part, we finished Christmas shopping a few weeks ago.  It's been nice to have everything done early and not have to worry about last minute shopping.  Now, if only I could find some Binanca, I'd be set.  

We started Christmas early last weekend when we celebrated the holiday with the boys and my family.  We had a blast.  They enjoyed riding the Gator around the fields and K.C. had fun going through holes and puddles.  Opening presents was fun, too!