We’re back from our drive to California for
Thanksgiving. It was great to see our family
and friends but so nice to be back home. The fun has started with Christmas
right around the corner. I already have
my shopping done, just need to wrap what’s here and wait a couple more days for
the remainder to arrive. I hope the kids enjoy the gifts from their wish lists this year.
On Sunday we went to the farm to get our tree and we
normally get a 6-7 foot tree but not this year.
This year we picked out a HUGE 9-10 foot tree and cut the top and base. It was extremely full with no holes in the
foliage. We just couldn't pass it up
even knowing my angel tree topper wouldn't be going on top of the tree this
year. I even had to go out and buy more
LED lights for the tree.
Decorating the house and tree make the holiday for me. Don
moves the tree in and sets it up then leaves me to start decorating it. I can’t
wait to share the decorating with our child.
I love the smell of a
natural tree in the house and the ornaments that bring back memories or new
ones that I buy to remind me of the year.
The year we moved to Washington we
spent Christmas in our apartment with his parent’s visiting. We had a small
tree with few ornaments but Don did get me the M & M lights I really wanted
and they still work to this day over 20 years later. Christmas day would stick in my mind forever
as he left the room after we opened gifts, only to get down on his knee and
propose. We've never looked back from
that day on and it makes Christmas ever more special to me.
I’m still putting out the decorations this year and hope to
get the outside lights done on Sunday.
We have rain slated for the next couple days, tapering off on Saturday
so it should melt the ice on the roof so we can safely put the lights up.
Saturday night we hope to go to Zoo Lights at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium.
I’m super excited about the light displays this year and can’t wait to make new
memories with our future child.
I need to finish the decorating and get down to our
Christmas cards this week. We got our
first one in the mail today. It can be hard to sum up the year for the cards,
especially when adopting and having no new news to share. Some folks are great
with the year in review family newsletters and it just hasn't ever been my
strong point. I like adding just a small
personal note to each card but may try the newsletter approach again. Time will
tell which approach wins out this year.
Here are a few favorites to leave you with as I get back to
decorating and listening to Christmas music.
Movies: White Christmas, Elf, Miracle on 34th St
(original), A Christmas Carol (Patrick Stewart) and A Nightmare before
Christmas
Music: A Merry Affair CD with Various artists singing new
and classic songs, White Christmas, Now that’s what I call Christmas! vol. 1
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