Christmas.

Our favorite season has come and gone once again and we soaked up every wonderful minute we had with family and friends. This year we spent Christmas eve and Christmas day down in Memphis with Alex's family and it was a great weekend of catching up and enjoying some relaxation. 

We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season!

A&K

the twelve dates of christmas

We started a new tradition last year. Our new tradition is to go out on 12 dates the 12 days before Christmas instead of getting each other presents. It has been one of the best decisions we've made. Neither of us are big shoppers so it takes away the stress of finding presents and replaces that with some quality time with each other. I just wish we would have thought of it sooner! Here is a peek at some of our dates. 

A night out for hot soup at bread co on a cold rainy night. perfection.

coffee dates are an all time favorite. they just never get old.

my 103 degree fever couldn't even keep me away. it just kept me bundled up :)

a new place. one million different kinds of gooey butter cake. ok, maybe not one million.

coffee was a recurring theme on our dates this year. 

an incredibly cute place. 

 Some of the other date nights not pictured:

Getting coffee (once again) and driving around looking at pretty Christmas lights

Game night

Christmas movie night (with movie theater candy and popcorn included) 

Breakfast at Waffle House 

Dinner at our favorite place: Cracker Barrel

We sure do love this new tradition. I'm already looking forward to next year! 

Home for Christmas.

Christmas always comes early here at our house, but I thought I would hold out on putting up pictures until it was  truly the Christmas season. 

Here are just a few of the things we are looking forward to this Christmas season (in no particular order):

snowy weather, hot chocolate, parties, baking, family, traveling, cozying up with lots of blankets, candles burning, Christmas movies, coffee dates...

Welcome Christmas, we've been looking forward to your arrival.

Holiday times.

The holidays are here and we are ringing them in with lots of family, fun and good food.  Finding the perfect Christmas tree is a big deal in the Marshall family. This year was no exception. 

 It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Finding just the right tree sure is exhausting. Even for this super cutie.