Decorating for Christmas 2008

With the Thanksgiving Holiday over, our family quickly got into the Christmas spirit. i was a little surprised to be honest. Not by getting into the Spirit, but by Tim wanting to decorate so early! We usually wait until a week or 2 into Dec. But this year between our little Nolan asking every hour or so "when can we put the tree up?" and everything that we have to be Thankful for, I think the bug hit us all a little quicker. We had a wonderful time as a family decorating the outside as well as inside of out home. The boys(Dad, Coltin, and Nolan) started by putting the reindeer and spotlight in the yard. This year we found some really neat twinkling snowflakes and they lined the sidewalk with them. Meanwhile, the girls(mom, Peighton, and Kami) realized that the window wreaths needed new bows. So as a team we managed to make 14 new bows! Dad decided to let the boys help on the 2nd story windows as well unbeknowst to mom! When my heart finally started beating again, I was able to snap some pictures! Dad did get a little scared of heights at the end and instead of climbing back down the ladder, went in through a window!! After the outside was completed, we came inside to decorate the banister and tree. Nolan had already went through the ornaments and put aside the ones he wanted to hang. He had about 20 ornaments in a 12 inch spot on the bottom of the tree! It was really sweet. Kami and I made some banana bread and we all had a piece! At the end of the night, Dad was aching all over(I think that had something to do with the Annual Turkey Bowl the day before tho!) and mom was really tired! It was really an awesome day!!