Sunday, December 13, 2009

the countdown begins!

there are only 12 days until christmas and i am so excited!!! it started snowing here yesterday, the day we finally went and got our christmas tree! allan, lucas, emma, elise and i decorated it together last night. we had so much fun! this year, lucas and emma were really into hanging up the lights, the ornaments, the garlands, and whatever else we have on our tree. elise, on the other hand, was really interested in pulling down the ornaments. argh. it was cute watching her, though. :)
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we actually started decorating for christmas (before thanksgiving, even) by hanging up lights in lucas and emma's room. they LOVE them and ask us to leave them on every night while they sleep. check them out!


later, i put up some other decorations around the house, including hanging up our christmas stockings. i still hadn't finished knitting and felting elise's from last year, so i had to bust my behind and get it done. i finally finished it last night and needle-felted it with her name tonight...yay! (some before and afters.)

allan was really on top of things this year and he got our christmas lights hung right after thanksgiving. i wasn't sure about the LED-ness of the lights, but they've grown on me and i love them now!


the reason we got our tree so late this year was because when we were available to go pick one out, none of the tree lots were up and open yet. when they finally popped up around town, we were too busy getting ready to attend my cousin's wedding in california. so, we had to wait until we got back to get our tree. isn't it beautiful? i love sitting in our living room and gazing at our tree. i also love going to friend's homes during this time of year and seeing their trees. if you want, post a picture of your tree on your blog and leave me a note and i'll be sure to check it out!

(one of the artsy fuzzy shots of the tree was taken by lucas, and the other by allan. but, i don't know which is whose.)

finally, here are some random pictures of the kids and also some from our trip to cali. enjoy!

(don't you love the one of elise in mid-sneeze?!)

(the wedding was beautiful and we had a lot of fun!)

6 comments:

cristy garcia said...

what a fun post!! :) Thanks for sharing! I love your stockings!! :)

Aramigan said...

good thing I talked to you before I saw this or I would have killed you ;-)

joyce said...

wow leah, what's that all about? :)

lovely stockings yolanda!! and i love all the photos...especially the beautiful family pics from the wedding!!!

yolanda said...

hahaha! leah, i'm glad i saved you from becoming a murderer! :)

joyce, i drove past leah's house (within 20 minutes anyway) and didn't stop by to see her because both times it was really early in the am. i was bummed!

cristy, can't wait to see you tomorrow night!

joyce said...

oh, thanks for the explanation, i was thinking it had to do with the holiday decorations!!! i was thinking, "man, leah is getting really competitive with the decorations or something!!" :)

Sarah said...

Looks like you guys had a ton of fun and the tree looks very cute. Claire didn't really care about putting on ornaments, which surprised me. We've got pictures on our blog of ours too. :) Merry Christmas!