Chris had planned to be a hunting trip through today so mommy told the girls that we would deck the halls early this year and give daddy the gift of not having to help since it is not his favorite thing. As life would happen his trip was cancelled and the girls had already been told we were going to decorate for one of our favorite times of the year so to day was the day that we decorated for the most wonderful time of the year. We still did not have Chris do too much though so he still got a gift of getting out of it a little. He did help the girls put up the tree, carried up a few of the boxes, and but a few ornaments on the tree. Leia and Ivy hung in strong but then Leia filtered out and Ivy followed suit. It did feel like it was more work than normal to get all the Halloween decor down and transition to Christmas inside and Thanksgiving outside but once it was all done it was nice to sit back and enjoy the glow of the tree. 

Ready for Thanksgiving on the outside

Decorating the tree …



Ready for Christmas on the inside … minus the mantel garland that is not working :-/