Christmas 2009

We have so much fun decorating our house for Christmas. Judy has something like 8+ huge plastic storage boxes of items, and then there are 5 black bags of wreaths, garland, lights, etc. We don't always use all of it, and generally not all the same items each year. But we just begin the week before Thanksgiving on the outside of the house and work our way into December decorating. Above are pictures of what you would see passing by, and the front porch. (You also get to see inside a little.) This year we added the swagging garland with lights, and a wreath on 3 of the front windows that match the two wreaths on our double front doors.

Then this year, we had an open house for some of our friends. Judy made lots of goodies and munchies, etc. And we just had fun with everyone.

Kari's family was with us the weekend after Christmas, but our special guests for Christmas were Judy's parents and my brother, James. Because of the 6-inch snowfall on Christmas Eve, we were pretty much house bound, but we had fun anyway. James had never had a white Christmas, and certainly had never shoveled snow. Those firsts are behind him now. I would love to show you a picture of James, but I didn't keep my camera handy.

I hope you all had a great Christmas, as well. (I will make sure to keep my camera handy in the days to come.)