It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

Christmas seems to come faster every year! It is already December 3, and I have done very little shopping. I am feeling particularly proud of the fact that our Christmas Tree is up and decorated. All thanks to the loving hands of Jenni and Rod. Mike and Rod got the tree out of the box and assembled it. Jenni and Rod decorated. We discovered that there are lights that are out in the tree, but somehow, it looks great anyway.

I am continually amazed at the resourcefulness and talent of Rod. We haven't used our music box/light box with our tree in the last couple of years. The Tree already has lights in it and we could not figure out how to attach it. The plugs are different. Rod fixed the problem! So we have music and twinkling lights again! Christmas morning will be noisier again!

You might wonder what I was doing during the tree decorating. Finding the additional decorations for the house, and putting up the stockings, of course. And surprisingly, cooking dinner for all of us! And enjoying the joy!

Christmas doesn't start for us until after December 5th, traditionally. Jay's birthday. In order to keep his birthday special, we always shopped for a tree after his birthday. We put up the tree earlier these days, but I seem to start shopping later! It just doesn't seem the right time until after Jay's birthday!

This year we are babysitting Ava on Jay's birthday! What a new tradition to start! And that gives me one more day before I give him a present! Time to shop!

"You will have great joy and gladness,
and many will rejoice with you at his birth..."
Luke 1:14

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