Last weekend we had our annual fall party with all our family. We had beautiful weather and it was a lot of fun. I took lots of pictures and so I will have to post them in two different posts. My youngest grandchild, Archie, was totally in awe of all the animals and loved riding the horse over and over and over. He had zero fear of any of any of the animals. I think his pictures are in the next batch that I will try to do tomorrow.
We woke up today ready to start getting a little done for Christmas. I know it is early, but we are so ready and there is so much to do that I would like to start a little early. So, today all we did was go in the attic to check on the artificial trees and see which ones are still usable. We pulled three out to see their condition – one for the stairs, Bethany and Tess’s room and my room. We decided not to use the one on the stairs there again and might let Aria use it. My tree just looked too thin and scraggly so we are going to put it in the hall window and I am going to use a different one this year in my room. Bethany and Tess are trying to figure out if their tree is in good enough shape to use again.
So, I have a tree now in my room, but not going to decorate it or anything yet. Just wanted to make sure I could find one in the attic that would work. Bethany and Tess have theirs in their room still trying to figure if they can make it look ok. They did decide to use the multi-colored lights this year. I think I’m still going with the clear. So, we will be doing a little each week to kind of have stuff done without rushing. I still plan on doing the Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas, though. They actually still like doing it and I kind of do, too.
We are really enjoying this beautiful weather before it really gets cold. And I’m so glad we set our clocks back tonight and get an extra hour of sleep.
