Our Christmas Decorations

This is our modest Christmas decorations around my house! I love it so much and am excited to build on each year! Christmas is one of my favorite holiday seasons because it is a month full of love, joy, and snow! 

My family did things a little different. My whole family was from Minnesota; each year we had multiple Christmases that we had to attend. So my family would always go to the Christmas eve service and after we came home would then open our gifts! Before we did so we always read the Christmas story so we can focus on what Christmas time is really celebrating.  My Grandfather on my Mom's side is the normal reader but sometimes it lands on my dad or brother.  Although Christmas is not the same as it once was now that we all have out own little families, time with my family still makes it my favorite time as long as we are together.

Horror Movies Perfect before Halloween | Personal

My stress reliever for as long as I can remember has been movies; one of the many genres that Marcus and I share a love for is horror.

I think horror movies have a part of the imagination of the unknown that I find captivating. I love feeling my heart race from not knowing what happens next. I know I am looking at someones dark imagination the same way you look at my imagination when looking at my photos! I think knowing that it doesn't bother my as much as other people. 

 This Halloween we have been impatiently waiting for Stranger Things Season 2. To build on my excitement for the new season (available on Netflix tomorrow!!!) I downloaded and played the game available in the app store! I loved it! If you need me this weekend I will be indisposed on the couch cuddling with Marcus binge watching Netflix.

If you are a fellow lover of horror movies and are looking for some to I spire you for Halloween this year, here are a couple of my favorites : The Conjuring Series, The Insidious Series, The Annabelle series - ( Ghost/Demons)/ 28 days later, Train to Busan, ZResort -(Zombies) / IT (2017), The Descent -creatures.

Do you have any suggestions what our next watch should be? Leave a commit below and I will check it out! 

Trip To Chicagoland Speedway & Taste Chicago | Buckets Lists | Personal

I have a bucket list. I don't have an age limit attached to it, but whenever the opportunity (and finances) arise I like to cross those experiences off. Two big ones I have already accomplished are Visiting Japan and Skydiving. My current list has a lot of travel (Europe, Seattle, ect.) and experiences like a hot air balloon ride or holding a red panda. One thing I never really thought about was combining my bucket list with my husbands. After we got married Marcus's bucket list became a part of my own. One of his bigger desired achievements include visiting all the NASCAR tracks in the US. This past weekend we crossed our fourth track off the list by traveling to Chicagoland Speedway! 

It was a smaller track that is curved so no matter where you sit you will be able to see any part of the track. Marcus loved it; he brings a hat to be signed and was able to get a total of 10 signatures on it from this trip.  Although his favorite driver (Kyle Larson) didn't win, we still had a blast at the race. 

Monday, we explored downtown Chicago! We started the day with a Taste Chicago Food Tour by Tastebuds Tours. This was our second food tour our first being in downtown Minneapolis. These were our foods and Stops.  

Deep dish Pizza by Pizano's Pizza , a Brownie at The Goddess and the Baker, a sandwich at Als, cupcakes at Sugar Bliss, Chocolate at Fannie Mays and then we finished out with a brat at Berghoff. 

Our favorite food was by far the Brownie from The Goddess and the Baker. It was rich, moist, and delicious enough I ate it before getting a photo. The other foods on the tour were just so so. Our tour guide was sweet and knowledgeable making the tour worth while.   

After the food tour we went to the Skydeck at Sears Tower (Willis Tower) and went out on the Ledge. Not being afraid of heights, I started to walk out all confident and then about halfway changed my mind and started to walk backwards ! We finished the night out with deep dish pizza from Giordano's at Navy Pier and watched an Imax viewing of the Movie It. (We are horror movie people)