A couple of weeks ago, I talked a bit on how to be present during the holiday season, but I didn’t really talk about the benefits of being present. Being present means living in the moment, on purpose, and paying attention to what’s going on in your surroundings. Whether that means you’re looking out the window in the car of a road trip, or having a conversation with a friend, or just listening to the waves at the beach, you’re actively being in the moment. You’re being present. And with that, comes so many benefits.

We are currently loving this long weekend and start to the holidays. Our Thanksgiving was great. We've been rotating between our families, since it's the hardest holiday for us. Nobody wants to celebrate Thanksgiving the next day, or have two giant meals, and since our families live an hour apart, we just have to rotate. Seems only fair, right? So this year, we were at my mom's house, which was great because she's my favorite cook in the entire world. Yesterday we cut down our Christmas tree and now I've been trying to play a little catch up around the house and on the blog... which leads me to our third installment of 'a few of my favorite things'. I haven't done one since last May, so here we go! I hope you're having a great weekend! Psst... our Christmas cards are from Shutterfly!