I'm Thankful for...

There is so much to be thankful for! Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because it brings people together to be grateful for what God has given them.

I'm thankful for my family. Every year, we all take a drive to downtown Chicago and watch the Thanksgiving day parade. Normally, it's freezing cold and windy, but this year it was a toasty 55 degrees outside! I am always so grateful that my dad is willing to drive us down to the parade every year. This is one of my favorite holiday traditions!

This is where we were standing. 

Typical parade Christmas dancers.

Tweety-bird, so cute!

After the parade, we went to my aunt and uncle's house and talked with our relatives. We also watched a ton of football(seeing both the Lions, and the Bears win-WOOHOO!), and had a nice family dinner.  

On Friday, my family and I got to see some old friends from Chicago. It was so nice catching up with them, we all miss them so much! I am also thankful for some of my super special friends in Minnesota, and last but not least, my friends in Michigan. 

Traveling to Chicago was fun, but I am glad to be home in Ann Arbor!

I'm going to end this with a quote I saw in Chicago on a parking structure:

"Be the change you wish to see"

Have a great night! :)

Joy

First Snow of 2015!

Hello reader, and welcome to my blog!
This is my first post. :)
I'm very excited to start blogging, hopefully I'll have a new post up weekly about activities that are going on in my life.
I thought that today would be a good day to kick off my blog because we had our first snow today in Ann Arbor! Also, if you're viewing my blog on a computer, you'll see I made little snowflakes fall down on the screen, I tried to be festive ;) .
 The whole midwest got snow today from the storm (which apparently they named, "Winter Storm Bella"). It was so nice waking up and seeing the snow, it was literally 65 degrees earlier this week! I think that this has helped some people get into the "Christmas spirit," quicker than normal, even though Thanksgiving hasn't happened yet. I lit a candle and did some homework, listened to Christmas music, and took some pictures of the snow. It was a very cozy day.

I took this picture in the morning...

And at the end of the day there was so much snow!

❄My backyard is a winter wonderland❄ 

Stay warm and safe in the snow, readers!
Joy