Jack ‘n Tracie

Whew! We’ve been so busy around here. Wednesday was spent cleaning and shopping and preparing for the Thanksgiving feast the next day. Thursday was Thanksgiving and we had my mom, stepdad, his brother, my sister, my brother, my nieces, my nephew, plus all our kids here for a meal that turned out better than I expected. I experimented with a ham in the crockpot in addition to the traditional stuffed turkey and there were *no* leftovers. I think it was a hit. In fact, compared to previous years, we had nowhere near the leftovers of turkey, potatoes, etc. we usually do!

Friday and Saturday I had to work, then yesterday Ralph and Denise came over and we went and cut down our Christmas tree. We came home to discover we’d left behind the wreath we’d purchased as well, so Denise, Katherine and I ran back and got that. Then we put up our lights. This year we picked up a new train for the roof and another reindeer (one that is laying down) for the yard. It took several hours of HARD work (kudos to Jack and Ralph) but when it was done it was so pretty! We had gawkers! (People who slowed down to look as they drove by) and that was the best compliment in my opinion.

Once we were done with the outside, we put the tree up and decorated it. The little boys went into action. Casey and Cody were sooo cute hurrying to get as many ornaments on the tree that they could. Cody had to stand on the edge of the couch to reach higher places. And they did such a good job that I ended up sitting and letting them do most of it. In some places on the tree we have these little clusters of the same color ornaments, but you know what? It’s so cute I’m not going to “fix” it.

I’d have a few pictures if only I could find my camera… lol.