Lights!

The holidays are upon us, what a busy time of year! I love the holiday season with all the anticipation of time with family, laughter, and cheer.

We spent Thanksgiving with Steve's family and enjoyed the day with family. It was a nice relaxing day of eating turkey, playing games, watching movies, and visiting. We also enjoyed the long weekend and used the time to catch up on stuff around the house as well as just relaxing.

Steve and the kids joined their efforts and made our yard bright with lights in trees and garland on the fence. We are loving the savings of using LED lights this year...our electric bill will not be outrageous with all the lights! On Saturday Ann Marie, Kailee, Alyssum, and I pulled out the Christmas boxes and got busy with decorating. I love to create an atmosphere of holiday cheer! This coming weekend we hope to go in search of the "perfect tree" for our house. We haven't gotten a real tree in a long time and the kids decided they wanted to go looking for a tee this year.

There are several more inches of snow on the ground and now the kid's snowmachine is out and making laps around the yard. They have all decided that sledding once the sun goes down is alot of fun! Ethan and Tyler strung a string of lights down the sledding hill for late afternoon sledding enjoyment. Since the sun barely gets above the horizen for these long days of winter the kids have to find some way to enjoy the darkness. The coldness of winter doesn't seem to bother them much and they spend several hours outside everyday finding plenty to feed their imaginations. They watch the thermometer like a hawk, hoping that it won't rise about 32 degrees so that the snow will stay around for their enjoyment each day. Funny kids!!

We are continuing on with our school each day, but somedays we all have a hard time focusing when we are anticipating the holidays and Christmas vacation! Steve's Christmas Decor season is winding down and we are looking forward to seeing him more around the house. He has had a season better than he was expecting and ws able to keep three employees very busy. We are all looking forward to a time of rest and family fun!