The Night Before Christmas

Tonight was the Christmas Eve candle light service at my church. 

Then we drove around to see Christmas lights.

Finally, we got home and opened a few presents early.

We've had this Christmas Eve tradition for as long as I can remember, and I love it. 

For to us a child is born,    to us a son is given,    and the government will be on his shoulders.And he will be called

    Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

<3, Brooke

Candy Cane Nails

 Step 1 - Paint your nails with a base coat of clear

Step 2 - Paint a coat of red

Step 3 - Use a fine tipped nail brush. I used the 'Brash White Fine Art Nail Polish' from Payless. It has a very thin tip making it easy to paint. Start from the corner of your nails, and slowly paint 2 white stripes. leave a small gap, and paint two more stripes in the upper corner.

Step 4 - Paint over a top coat of clear

I know it's only 2 days till Christmas so you probably won't get to try this, but I thought I'd post it anyway :)

Merry Christmas Eve, Eve everybody!

<3, Brooke

Christmas Caroling

We went Christmas caroling, and it was SO fun. It was freezing outside, my friends and I shared lots of laughs, and singing at every door was awesome!

My friends Hannah and Allie bundled up in the cold weather

 Before we left to carol. We always gather in our driveway and have a creative opening. This year it was a countdown to caroling, which is why there's a screen in the background :)

 My friends Breanna and Andrea, and I in the middle. We enjoyed caroling!

After done caroling we got home and had a party with hot chocolate, cookies, and other good food. Breanna and her family stayed till 2am, which gave up plenty of time to take photos (which we took A TON) and laugh! So in other words, I had a fantastic time.

*Brooke*

The Christmas Song

In this post I made a list of some of my favorite Christmas music. I decided one list is not enough, as there are so many more songs I've started listening to since that post. So, with that said, here are my other favorite Christmas songs =)

Last Christmas - Britt Nicole

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Francesca Battistelli

Christmas This Year - Toby Mac

Winter Snow - Audrey Assad

The Night Before Christmas - Brandon Heath

12 Days of Christmas - Relient K

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree/Jingle Bell Rock - Jump 5

Go Tell It On The Mountain - Big Daddy Weave

<3, Brooke

Because It's Christmas

22 Days till Christmas everyone!

To celebrate this season, I'm starting a new series with daily posts. 'Blogging Through Christmas' will be about all the wonderful things that happen between now, and December 25! I'm really excited about this series, and I hope your excited about this season! 

Merry Christmas everyone!

*Brooke*

P.s. I'm naming all my posts after songs :-)