Thanksgiving/Christmas Decorating

We had a great Thanksgiving weekend! The academy gave me Thursday night off and all day Saturday as well. This will be the longest break given until I graduate in July. We were able to decorate the inside and outside of the house for Christmas. Stacie our former nanny came over to help out. The boys miss her very much and we are sad to see her leave for Michigan in a few weeks. This is where she is from and she will finish up her degree there.

The boys had a great time helping out. No one wanted to help daddy outside, however.

We bought a little tree that the boys decorated upstairs. This will be the tree that they will be able to decorate with the ornaments that they make at school.

This was a tradition in Laurel's family.

For Thanksgiving, we drove to Mesa and brought Laurel's parents over. They were delighted to visit our house, see the decorations and for the Thanksgiving Feast. With two round trips equaling close to 5 hours and cooking the dinner, it was a bit exhausting, but enjoyable. With both her parents 90 years old, we see them slipping pretty fast so we try to make the most out of our time with them.

Christian