Just The Two Of Us: December 2015

I have discovered throughout the past two and a half years of being married to Collin that November and December are busy months for us Wheelers. Busy in a good way of course. :) We celebrated Collin's birthday in November. He turned the big 2-6 on the 20th. (We are now the same age, until I turn 27 in February.) For his birthday weekend, he got to borrow a 2015 Chevy Camero from his job at GM. It was a pretty sweet ride, not to mention, it was also a convertible. The engine sounded so amazing as it went faster down the road. He even let me drive it. It felt so cool, especially with the hood down. We almost wanted to keep it... Here's why.

Good-looking car with a good-looking driver. ;)

Collin's overall birthday was pretty low key. He opened my present for him which was a popcorn maker and baster. He loves his popcorn so I figured he would like it. We were also very thankful for the many other gifts given by family and friends. Later, he decided to make shrimp etouffee for dinner. I even offered to cook for his birthday, but he insisted upon making dinner. I certainly didn't complain about that. ;) Dinner, as always, tasted amazing. Later, we had a friend stop by and wish him a happy birthday, cake and ice cream included. We also celebrated the next day by going to the temple. It was great way to spend time for Collin's birthday.

Singing happy birthday to Collin with yummy strawberry cake. You may notice that some of the candles aren't lit up. It's supposed to be in binary code. (It's an IT thing. ;) )

It was Thanksgiving day almost a week later. Our friends in our ward invited us to spend Thanksgiving with them along with a few of their family members. Collin made creamed corn and I made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies for the occasion. He did a great job making the corn. It was definitely a big hit at the Thanksgiving gathering. Even though we didn't see our families this year for Thanksgiving, it was nice just spending it with good friends. We didn't take a picture of ourselves on Thanksgiving day, but I decided to share one of our photos from our previous photo shoot. We love the way they turned out. Our friends did a good job taking them.

Apparently you see a lot more colorful leaves around November in Texas, and they are so beautiful!

Foot-poppin' kiss.

Under the bridge

The picture we posted for Thanksgiving. I love the fall background.

A fall/winter photo shoot is not complete without a blanket.

LOVE him!

The picture I posted for Collin's birthday.

One more, because it's almost Christmas!

November flew by so quickly and now we are in December. I've mentioned it before, but Christmas is my favorite time of year. I probably got a little too excited and filled our apartment with Christmas decorations. It's fun to get festive, especially this time of year. I can't wait until we go down to California to see both my side and Collin's side of the family. It will be so great to see everyone again. Since we live so far away, it's hard to go down to see our families. But I am glad that we get to go down to celebrate with them the true meaning of the season, which is giving and the birth of our Savior. I am truly grateful for him and to know that he lives. I will end my blog with our Christmas decorations. My next blog will be about Christmas Vacation, so stay tuned. :)