The 12 Days of Christmas: Spouse Edition

If you follow me on Instagram, this won't be news to you... but for the 12 days leading up to Christmas, I surprised my handsome husband with one gift each day that corresponded with the number for that day. Well, every day matched the number except day one. I think I'd be a pretty terrible wife if I made an entire batch of delicious cookies and only gave him one.

Each day when he came home from classes, I gave him that day's gift. He loved it, and I felt like a rockstar wife having something for him each of those days. I highly recommend doing this (or something similar - there are 14 days of Valentines as well that people do in February) because it was a lot of fun for both of us!

Here's what I did for each day... but they can easily be changed up to match what your husband loves! You don't HAVE to coordinate the gift with the day number, either - I just did that because I'm like that.

Day 1 - red velvet cookies

Day 2 - a "pair" of running socks

Day 3 - three new books

Day 4 - four specialty coffees

Day 5 - one journal and four pens

Day 6 - a six-pack of beer

Day 7 - a movie, popcorn, three candies, and two sodas

Day 8 - eight magnets that symbolize his time at USAFA

Day 9 - a collage of the nine cities we honeymooned in

Day 10 - a $10 gift card for when he forgets his lunch

Day 11 - eleven 'open when' letters

Day 12 - twelve local restaurants to try in 2015

And these are the tags I made to put on each gift. Aren't they cute? I've included a link to download them in a PDF file at the end of this post!

To download the 12 Days of Christmas printable tags in full size, CLICK HERE to open a PDF - I recommend printing them on cardstock so they are sturdy enough to attach to your packages!

• Have you ever done the 12 Days of Christmas? 
• Do you have any suggestions for each of the numbered days?

Free Thanksgiving Recipe Card Printables

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It has been for as long as I can remember. What's better than a day of food, family, fun, and football? That's right - nothing.

But back to that food part. This year, I decided to make recipe cards for my favorite Thanksgiving appetizers, side dishes, desserts, and drinks. And I want to share them with you all! 

*Note: My husband takes care of the turkey, so I have no recipe card for that... sorry. 

My husband and I are hosting our very first Thanksgiving this year. My family is driving in from Missouri, and we're really excited! The recipe cards below are what we'll be using this year. Yes, we're making all of that - and for only five people! We'll have leftovers, but those are even better! ;-)

If you would like to download the entire set of 4x6 recipe cards: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

If you choose to use any of these recipes, I hope you enjoy! They are some of our favorites!

Again, if you would like to download these 4x6 recipe cards, THEY CAN ALL BE FOUND HERE.

• What is your favorite thing about Thanksgiving?
• What's your favorite side dish?
• What are you thankful for this year?