It is that time of the year again and everybody is excited for Christmas. Thanksgiving was spent at my parents' house, partly because it was the year for a Messenger Thanksgiving and partly because Wesley had to work. How lame is that!? Only the technical support people had to work, not billing or on-site technicians or anyone else. I was not very happy. I am even less happy that he has to work on Christmas day. That is the worst! Anyway, the day after Thanksgiving is when all the decorations go up at my parents' house. I was there to help due to Wesley being at work. We didn't actually put up our tree and decorations until the day after the day after Thanksgiving. We don't have a lot of decorations, but we do have a tree. It has white lights due to Wesley's insistence. My family's tree always had colored lights, but his mom insists on white lights and so he did too. Oh well. I still love it. There are a few ornaments on it that I brought from my parents' house, specifically ornaments that I had made or been given. I think our tree is so pretty!
The tree skirt and presents didn't go up the same day the tree did. I had to go find a tree skirt and the presents will slowly accumulate. I am actually done Christmas shopping, but I haven't wrapped anything yet!
Our tree is too tall (or our ceiling is too low) to have a star, so instead I put up the Christmas spider that Aunt Lucy gave us last year. Wesley thinks it is funny because I really don't like spiders!
We are so mean to poor Wyn! I have a mini stocking and we were bored so we decided to put her in the stocking and hang her on the tree. She didn't like it much and kept jumping out. She is so small and fast that it is hard to take good pictures of her!
I didn't have a nativity set and was fairly distraught about it. I was actually pretty jealous of the beautiful nativity Brother Allred made for my family. I found this traditional set with the words painted on them and thought it was adorable. Plus, the price was great!
This time of the year is so wonderful and we are so absolutely blessed. Happy Holidays, especially to our loved ones!
