The Lights Before Christmas at the Toledo Zoo

I have always wanted to go to the zoo at Christmas time! My amazing husband took me to the Toledo Zoo for our date night this past weekend!

It was a cold night but lots of fun! We enjoyed experiencing it all together!

There were not a lot of animals out but the ones that were out were the most active I have ever seen them. There were four wolves and they walked all around their habitat.All of the trees were decorated and I thought this purple tree was really pretty!

We loved seeing the bald eagles! They were all fluffy and ready for winter!The lights were incredible! There were millions of lights lit up all over the place. Some of them were even set to music!

The tiger was definitely a highlight of our night! When you go to the zoo during the summer he is normally just laying around because it is so hot but not this night. He came right up to the front and just watched the people! It was incredible to see him up close!

More of the pretty lights!

This ice sculpture was pretty cool! A little elf stacking presents!

This tree was decorated with 27,000 lights! (More than the tree in Rockefeller Center) And I thought my tree had a lots of lights on it!!! It was beautiful!

We are so excited to celebrate our first Christmas together as Mr. & Mrs. Mock!

We wish all of you a very Merry Christmas!

Christmas has arrived at the Mock House!!!

It was so much fun to decorate for Christmas with my husband this year! It took us a couple days to get it all done but I love our apartment all decorated for Christmas!

Oh the fun of putting the tree together!Looking pretty bareAll put together.... it's so huge in our little living room!Adding the lights, my mom has made me crazy and I couldn't just put a couple hundred on.....I put 2200 lights on our tree! But oh how it sparkles!!!Adding the ornaments... it was fun to do this with Kyle!I wanted us both to put the angel on top of the tree... so we used the self timer and I made a jump for it and we did it!!!!!There it is!!! Our first tree together as a married couple! Kyle didn't really care what colors our tree was so I picked pink and silver!We bought this ornament at Disney World on our honeymoon!!! I love it!I bought this when I saw the Lion King!

We are so thankful for our families and are blessed by all that God has done for us!

Baseball and pink! They help make the perfect tree!

Our stockings that I painted! I can't wait to have a fireplace to hang them on!

Our table even got a few decorations!

An up close shot of the centerpiece.

Outside looking into our apartment!

Jingle bells on the door!

It's okay to say Merry Christmas!The holidays are my favorite time of year! You get to spend lots of time with family and friends and decorate your home! But the best part is that we are celebrating our Lord's birth and all that He has done for us! Kyle and I are so blessed and are very thankful! Remember why we celebrate Christmas and never stop being thankful!

A Mock November!!!!

Kyle and I have really enjoyed the month of November! Married life is treating us well and sometimes it's hard to believe we have been married for 5 months but we know that really isn't that long at all. God has truly blessed us!

One of our date nights this month was to the Candy Cane Christmas Shop to find an angel for our tree. This store was incredible, it had everything you could want for Christmas and more!
Here is our angel! She looks incredible on top of our tree. If this is what the angels looked like that came to the shepherds I would have been stunned too!

We ate dinner at this cute little diner called "Mom's Diner". Our food was good even though we had a weird pizza with pickles on it.

Enjoying our dinner and talking together! It's still so much fun to date even after you are married!

Grandpa Holder turned 70 on November 14! He is an amazing man and we are so thankful for him! We met my family in Fort Wayne and had a birthday dinner at Red Lobster. It was great to see my family again since we live 2 hours away and don't see them as often.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GPA!!!

Our youngest sister Jessie also had a birthday this month. She turned Sweet 16 on November 18! I was able to be there for her surprise party! Oh what a fun night with teenagers, lol!!!

The weekend before Thanksgiving I was able to go see the Lion King with my mom, sisters, Amanda and Janell! It was incredible and would definitely see it again! Thanks Mom! And Janell for an amazing dinner!

Being goofy while waiting to get into the theatre!

Beautiful Girls

We are so blessed that our families live close to each other. We were able to spend Thanksgiving with both sides of the family this year! God has been so gracious to us and we are so thankful for all that we have. The holiday season is upon us and I couldn't be more excited!

Date Day in Toledo

On Saturday Kyle took me to the Toledo Art Museum. We had a lot of fun admiring the paintings and sculptures. Here are a few pictures of our favorites.A beautiful chandelier! I want it in my home one day.

Rainy Day in Boston.....our favorite city!

One of Kyle's favorites from the day.

The Garden of Eden. It was beautiful painting.... definitely one of my favorites!

The coffin of Ta-Mit. It was really cool!

We ate lunch at the Museum Cafe. All of the sandwhiches were named after artists. I ordered the Da Vinci.

Kyle had the Warhol. They were very yummy.On our way home we stopped to get me a Sweet Tea. So good!

We also stopped at Rouche du Boute, a small park. It had a cool old broken down bridge that provided a good photo op.

I love taking pictures! Making memories!!!

The scenery was absolutely beautiful! God sure created an incredible earth!

We had a great day together! Date days/nights are so much fun and they give us another way to learn more about each other. Marriage sure is a wonderful thing!