~Christmas 2010~

Christmas 2010 was a special season! It was the first Christmas that me and Warren would spend as a "couple," and it was our first engaged Christmas. We had just gotten engaged on November 12th, so it was definitely still new, and we were still celebrating! That year we started establishing all of our Christmas traditions, which we still do now. The first one is to go to Truitt Farms in Effingham County and pick out a Christmas tree. Growing up, my family always had artificial trees, so this was a different experience for me, but one that I now look forward to every single year!

We also started our tradition of exchanging Christmas ornaments. This is my favorite thing about gifts at Christmas! We get each other new ornaments every year, and we also collect them from places that we travel too! We have quite a collection and it just continues to grow each year. I love decorating for Christmas, but I really enjoy getting the ornaments out and looking at each one of them as we put them on the tree and thinking about that special memory!

The little drummer boy ornament...I love that song!

GT Christmas ornament

And we exchange gifts, which is really fun! A new blazer and a panini maker!

My Nana's side of the family also does a Christmas family reunion at my parent's house every year! It was such a treat to get to see everyone!

We also attend Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at my home church!

 

And what a treat...it snowed that year!

We also went to Augusta to Lights of the South. Even living in Millen, I had never been before...what a treat!

This year, along with every Christmas, was very memorable, but especially so because it was our first Christmas together. We have kept up most all of the traditions we started back in 2010, and I can't wait for this Christmas to spend it as a family with our new baby! What a great gift from God! We are so blessed!