The tree is up. And YES....this is the 9th year of the same $30 tree. In annual Christmas fashion, we complained and griped throughout the entire tree building process. Nate and I have agreed that year 10 will be the year of the upgrade tree for us. But for now, we're still putting each branch in and stringing our own lights.
We've got our Swedish lights up. Once again we have neighbors questioning our religion. "So, are you guys Jewish? We saw the Hanukkah candles in the window."
A couple of years ago Nate's Grandma Whitaker gave us her little Christmas village. She gave it to us the year before she passed away. We absolutely CHERISH this gift. There is no other Christmas decoration that the boys get more excited about. And its nice that the boys are all old enough to know not to TOUCH the village if they know whats good for them. ☺
We have no lights on our house. Frankly, I don't think its going to happen this year. We have so much SNOW here it is crazy to me. There is no way Nate is getting up on the snow covered roof and all of the bushes and little trees have been completely covered in snow for weeks! I heard Boise received 8 inches of snow and school was canceled. Nate and I just laughed and laughed. There is probably a foot and a half of snow here and is school closed? NO WAY! Are the streets plowed? HARDLY! The roads are pretty much a huge ice skating rink. Oh...and no one gave is the neighborhood MEMO that here in Idaho Falls everyone has a 4 wheeler with a big plow on the front. Its the only way to keep from spending 2 hours shoveling your walks. Sorry Nate.....just think, you're getting some good exercise! ☺
So, I am juuuuust about done with all of my Christmas shopping this year. I've decided to get it ALL done so then I can focus more on fun activities and making memories with the kids. I'm trying to find ways to help the boys understand the true meaning of Christmas. If any of you have some ideas out there...I'd LOVE to hear them!
Speaking of gifts, I've come to the conclusion that there really is a HUGE difference between dollar store wrapping paper and wrapping paper from Hallmark. Hallmark paper is heavenly. It reminds me of the good old Customer Service days working at the BYU bookstore. I came across some good coupons in my magazines so I was able to snag the Hallmark paper for free this year! SCORE!
I love Christmas! I'm so looking forward to all of the fun things we have coming up in the next few weeks. It's such a magical and special time of year.
Jack Jack on the other hand.....is NOT a huge fan of Christmas: (or at least his Santa hat and collar)
Hey, if we're going to have a cat we have to find a little bit of joy in torturing him a bit right?
7 comments:
I've seen you torture how many cats now? Haha. I too am so excited for the upcoming weeks. I am glad we will get to see you even if it is for a short while soon.
Love the cat outfit!!! So funny.
The cat has an outfit? Okay, but if you are missing any front teeth to go with your red neck & shotgun, I AM STAGING AN INTERVENTION!
HAHA! O I love you Aubs!
Too much snow = redneck insanity!
Funny cat people! Love it!
I love the part of making memories. I've got my cards and shopping done and from here on out it's doing fun things with my kids. I can't wait! I love the days leading up to Christmas.
I just got a new book that incorporates Santa and Jesus…It's called I believe in Santa (at Deseret books). I'm hoping that will help us. We're going to a live nativity…Other than that we need good ideas too.
Oh and I've been smiling to myself for the past day since I read this about your tree…We too have the same 30 dollar tree that we've been using and every December I keep saying I am going to replace it and yet, every December up it goes! (although if we had to do each branch and lights I probably wouldn't have made it this far!)
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