When we got back from NYC, Christmas was in full swing! We had a fun family party to go to where we got our first chance of the season to see Santa!

The kids all had good friends there so that made it fun!

Then it was time to see the Big Man!

Samantha told him she wanted a hover board and Santa rightfully told her she’d break her leg on that thing. Thanks Santa!

Naughty or nice? I have a thought!

What a good looking crew!

Ho Ho Ho!

We got back into town from NY on Sunday late afternoon and had to do the most important thing! Get a tree! Just like the past few years, they had virtually no 10 foot trees left. We actually got the very last white tag one on the lot. Was it the best tree? Nope! But it was the biggest!

We got it home and got it up. I started putting the lights on Monday night but didn’t have enough. Oh no! Got some more lights on Tuesday and got it fully lit up! Notice my crackerjack helpers…ha!

Wednesday night I was ready to get the ornaments on and went to turn on the lights and …nothing came on. After much research, I discovered the bottom string of lights had gone bad. I took that string off, replaced it, and then everything worked again. Hooray! Lights working, ornaments up, ho ho ho!

Also, she’s a leaner! Someone get this tree a V8!

The fun didn’t end though. About an hour after we got it finished, the bottom lights all went out again. What?!

It was a brand new string so I knew something else had to be going on. At GJ’s suggestion, we changed the fuse on that string of lights and, voila! Fully lit again! I now have that string plugged in to a separate outlet!

We’re glad to have it up and running! Oh, Christmas Tree!

Really thankful for these three turkeys…

They keep me laughing and sure do make life fun. Happy Thanksgiving!

We gathered with our neighbors on the corner and were so happy to be with good friends!

The Western Weenies unite!

Maxwell and his buddies then headed over to Colonial Hills to meet up with their crew…

Spencer and John headed off to meet up with Penton and others. Unfortunately, as soon as Spencer took off to trick-or-treat, the fan on his costume went kaput!! Boo! He took it all in stride and trick-or-treated as a 4th grader! John’s blow up costume came off too so they were quite the candy hunting pair, ha!

We made it to the bigger neighborhood party and they even had a roaming photo booth! I do love a photo booth…

and I love it even more when Spence gets in the photo booth and types in my number to send the picture to me!

We finally found Frances so our Movie Star was a happy camper once again. These two did the whole Surrey loop together and got more candy that you can imagine!

We all (except Maxwell) ended back up at the party by dark and hung around for a bit…

but we were home by 7:30 to sort candy! So. Much. Candy.

Maxwell was home by 9:00…

It was a really fun night for all! Happy Halloween!

After a full weekend of football and fun we finally made it to Halloween!! It was a cloudy day but the weather ended up being perfect that night. Not hot, not cold, just right! My crew was ready for it all!!

My fabulously glamorous movie star!!!

She is the star!!

Spencer as the Rocket Man ready to blast off!

Maxwell as the Western Weenie complete with a ketchup and mustard packet holster and gun!

There’s no messing with this hot dog!

Best dressed crew!

I might have gotten in on the fun too…

Happy Halloween!!

See you tomorrow!