So its a week away from Christmas and we have really been getting into the spirit these past couple weeks.
We started off by decorating Grandma’s house. It was the 4 yr anniversary of grandpa’s passing, and its seriously so hard to believe that neither one of them are here with us anymore. They will always be with us in spirit though, and in the spirit of Christmas we decided we would go all out and decorate grandma’s house since this was her favorite time of year:) Kaylynn and I went over to the house and joined Kristi, Sami, Kari, Kayla, and Kendra. We baked a bunch of goodies, including g-mas famous raisin filled cookies. I must say we did a pretty good job for it being our 1st time. After all the baking, Marlee, and Nathan joined us and we decorated the house and tree. I think gma would love it and we made sure to get ornaments around the ENTIRE tree like gpa always made sure was done:) Here are some pictures:
The following day Tim, the girls, and I went up to my parents and set out to go find our Christmas tree. We usually go to the tree farm, which we love doing, but we are way too strapped for cash this year, and heck if you have the property to get one free from, why not!? Plus we made some great memories and I think it will now become our yearly tradition:)
Tim pulled Kaylynn in the sled and I packed Lydi in the front pack and out we went, with the all the dogs following us, to find our tree in the rainy weather…
Headed out to find our “perfect” tree
We found our tree
Taking it back to the house
We came home, Tim got the tree in the stand, and we got to decorating.
Kaylynn and her princess ornament:)
On my day off last Thursday Kaylynn and I made some salt dough and the girls made ornaments out of it. They turned out super cute
Kaylynn and I also did a little art project. We made a holiday wreath out of her hands.
Today we had a lazy day at home. We watched Christmas movies, had a nice warm fire, hot chocolate, and Kaylynn and I played outside and made snow angels until it was dark out. Its moments like these that I live for:)
I am officially of 2 weeks vacation now and I am so excited!!
Tomorrow I think I will spend the day baking, then Wednesday Kaylynn has a little school Christmas party Im going to. She will sing songs and Santa will be making an appearance. Then I will be going out to bake at my aunts, and then Josh will be coming home that day as well. Busy busy, but its fun busy which I love. I am loving the holiday season and I am so excited for “Santa” to come. Its so fun now that Kaylynn is old enough to understand and really get into Santa ect. I am very much looking forward to spending the holiday with the ones I love.
