Christmas Preparations

Christmas is coming and we are getting excited here at our house!!  We have gotten most of our decorations up and are ready to conquer the tree.  The top picture is of the boys playing outside before bed while Audrey watches from the window because I was too lazy to get her and myself dressed and go outside as well... this was the third time they had gone out to play that day... Thankfully, James seemed to enjoy "throwing" snow at Audrey and she equally liked taunting him through the window.

We ventured out to get our Christmas tree a few days ago before the snow/rainstorm.  Gabe gave in this year and let us get a big tree... 10 feet.  We jokingly refer to his as the Grinch around Christmastime, but the reality is that he is our much needed voice of reason;) We do love the tree though! We (meaning the kids and I) immediately found and agreed on a tree. The top picture of Gabe with the saw and the kids was just for show, because the kind man came out with the chainsaw before we even attempted to cut the tree by hand.... It was the same kind man who delivered the tree to our house after deciding that it would be way easier than trying to hoist it on top of the Suburban... I have promised to plan better next year;)  But, with a tall ladder and a new (bigger) tree base we are up and running with lights on our beautiful tree.