We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends! I, as well as my family, have so many things to be thankful for and it was very nice being surrounded by my immediate and extended family for the holiday! On Thanksgiving day we went to church and then headed to Hardwick, MN for a Johnson family get together at my grandparents house. We are not able to make it there this year on Christmas day (this will be my first missed Christmas day in 30 years!) so we wanted to make sure we got over there for Thanksgiving. All 4 of my grandparents children were there, and 9 of the 10 grandkids & their spouses and kids! My cousin that was not there was working, as she is an RN at Sanford and it was her holiday to work. It was so much FUN having everyone together and seeing Boston interact with my cousins children. They only see each other once a year but they get right into playing like they are all the best of friends! The Saturday after Thanksgiving, Boston and I went to Brookings for a late Thanksgiving lunch at my moms. Derek had to work and my sister's husband was home sick with with the flu, so it was just Lacey and I and the kids but it was still a fun day!
As many of you know from facebook, Derek decided WEEKS ago that it was time to put Christmas lights up outside and to turn them ON! A few days later (which was well over a week before Thanksgiving) he decided the tree needed to be up too! He is a Christmas nut! I finally have all of the other decor out and the house is very festive! Let the countdown to Christmas begin!
We have gotten some projects done around the house this week...or at least started! The baby's room is almost complete!! I hope to finish up the painting today and then it'll just need a few things on the wall and clothes and other baby things for the drawers! :) Slowly but surely it'll all come together! I am so very excited for March! We are also getting started on painting in the living room and hallway upstairs...as Derek decided it was necessary that our TV get mounted on the wall to make more room for 2 children playing in the living room! Of course it's not an "easy" job as we have NO touch up paint for the current color..nor do we have a cable jack in the right spot so my dad has graciously offerred to do some re-wiring for us..which will make for holes in the wall and touch up on the wall texturing!
Well, I best get Boston some more cereal for breakfast and then on to my chores for the day! Thank you for reading and following our blog! I really enjoy journaling about our life and sharing it with all of you who mean so much to me! As the holiday hussle and bussle keeps you and your families busy, please take time to remember the real meaning of CHRISTmas!
Boston's Advent Calendar! I remember having these as a kid so thought it would be fun to have the same tradition for Boston. He loves the chocolate!!
Our Nativity Set. Now that Boston is learning the story of Jesus' birth in the manger it was fun to set up the Nativity with him and explain all the pieces!
Our "fun ornament" tree! In a few years we'll either need another one or a bigger one! This is the tree that Boston decorates!
Every year Boston gets a new ornament from me. I write him a special little note that I keep in the ornament box. The note explains why I picked the ornament I did and the year he got it. This years ornament is Spiderman and the Green Goblin! I let Boston help pick it out this year. I was 99% sure he would pick a superhero.. :) And look at that cute little boy's picture on the stocking! That's Derek!
