With so much going on the last few weeks getting ready for all the gifts, gobbles and glory sitting down long enough to get a blog post out there just wasn’t achievable but I am going to share a little of our Christmas with you anyway. Christmas has always been my favorite time of year. I love all the preparation leading up to it but I have to be honest; this year it took a lot out of me! Nonetheless, I still enjoyed it and I’m not ready to start packing the decorations away just yet. I see some neighbors with their trees at the curb already, what Grinches! So to start things off this year, we celebrated Aaron’s 34th birthday. Spontaneously he had some family from out of town come for a night to get some last minute Christmas shopping done so we had birthday cake and presents a few days early while they were here to enjoy it with him. Birthdays are a big deal in our house and with Aaron’s falling so close to Christmas I always try to make sure it’s a separate occasion just for him. This year I baked a homemade gingerbread cake with …