Christmas - P.M.

We made it back to our house shortly before 4p.m., although based on the morning activities it felt like it was much later in the evening. Not long after we were back home we started opening gifts we had received in the mail earlier in the week from family.

Christmas - A.M.

Kelly and Michael

Cara, Kelly and Summer

Summer and the new puppy!!!
Tate and the new puppy!!!
Aiden and Tate waiting for G-Dad to get the toys out of the package

Christmas morning we got up early to head north to Blount County to spend the morning with my sister and her children. We were able to enjoy a nice breakfast that Mike had prepared in Cara's kitchen. Once everyone was finished eating, the kids were finally able to rip into those presents under the tree! Afterwards, we headed over the mountain to visit with Putman for a few. Then, we were back on the road headed back home and finally within cell service to return missed holiday phone calls from other family members.

Christmas Eve

My husband and I were both working on Christmas Eve, however fortunately for us the company's policy is to close at noon. Once we got home we decided not to make any plans for the night but to take it easy and rest up for the Christmas day activities. We did go outside on two different occasions to catch a glimpse of Santa riding by our house on the fire trucks driving through our neighborhood!

Christmas Shopping

Today I finished our Christmas shopping and tonight the gifts have been shipped to all our family members in different states!!!! Glad to be gone from the FedEx-Kinkos building.

Our Christmas Cards

We decided that for this year we are going to send Christmas cards with our picture, so last night we finally were able to try to tackle the task of taking the picture to be used for the card. These are a few of the pictures that didn't make the cut.

Update on Tree

Friday after work we had to fix our curtain rod due to the strings giving away earlier in the year, before I could get started on the tree. This took longer than expected, so I had to put off decorating the tree until Saturday. On Saturday, I went up into the attic and dug out all the Christmas totes and after going through all the totes I realized we threw away our lights last year! After making a trip to the store on Sunday I was finally able to get started on decorating the tree. Late Sunday evening I was able to sit down on the sofa with my husband and the kids (Auburn and Jasmine) to admire how lovely it turned out.

Christmas Tree

Yippee!!!! We got a Christmas tree this evening. We put it into the tree stand for tonight and will probably try to decorate it later this week, ummmm like Friday.