...decorating...

We usually decorate for Christmas the weekend after Thanksgiving, but this year was different. Like the rest of the year nothing is quite the same without Donnie.

We have always had a fake tree, but last year our pre-lit tree wouldn't light. So after stringing lights onto the tree, I decided it was time to put that tree out on the curb after Christmas. Too bad, I didn't get a new one for this year at the post Christmas sales like I planned too. And buying a new big tree just seemed like more than I can handle, so this year we will have three small trees. Katie, John, and Luke each decorated their own tree with their own ornaments, and some ornaments they made special this year. 


I tried to set back and just let them decorate their trees how they wanted. It was so very hard, and anything I suggested they didn't want to do anyway! Perhaps, I should have used some reverse psychology on them.

The finished Christmas trees...


These halls are decked, December is here,

so look who decided to come back to visit this year!

...TWINKLE...