Christmas Tree Lane

Visitors to our town during the holiday season are in for a treat in the evening when they see the brightly lit Christmas trees along two major avenues. Every year the City obtains donated cedar trees and places them in the front yards of homeowners. The homeowners light and/or decorate the trees as they like.  The kids and I have so much fun with our tree.  We can never get enough of it.

No Fear.

Todd recently placed a new liner in the chimney.   I'm glad it was a one-man job.  He would've had a hard time getting me up on that roof.  Like I've said before, it's nice having a husband who is a Jack-of-All-Trades.  It's more work on him, but nice on the bank account.

Moments when I didn't have my camera.

Some of the best moments in life happen when I don't have my camera. 

Thank goodness for the camera phone! 

I recently took the time to figure out how to download these photos to my computer.

Mallory with Big Hanna.

Matthew winning the sack race at Field Day.

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Mallory at the track for her Field Day.

Mallory running in the foot race at Field Day.  Everyone cheered until she crossed the finish line.

Hannah's 1st T-ball Practice

Hannah tucked away in a corner reading a book at daycare.

Hannah riding, Sandy, the beloved horse you can ride for a penny at Ray's Apple Market.

Hannah's 1st Dentist Appointment

Hannah during her week with Clifford.  Her preschool sends Clifford home with each of the students and they keep a diary of their adventures. Clifford got to go to the Zac Brown Band Concert with us.

Zac Brown Band Concert in Wichita

Matthew opening his 1st account.

Mallory and Matthew playing a game of Go Fish.

Mallory working at Kuntz's Drive-In with the owner, Sandy.

Preschool Christmas Program

Winter Walk

The weather has been decent this winter.  It was nice enough the other day that we sent Matthew and Hannah out for a walk with Dot.

Trim the Tree.

Well, we finally got our tree up.  We thought that we had a bargain last year in the after-Christmas sales.  We bought a tree, dirt-cheap.  The only problem is I neglected the fact that the tree was 6 ft. and we have 12 ft. ceilings.  Our tree looks VERY small.  But a tree is a tree, right?

Hannah and Matt had a lot of fun unboxing the ornaments and getting them hung on the tree.

 

There were ornaments all over the living room.

Boxes everywhere!

We even got the stockings hung.

It was an evening well spent.  You might be wondering where Mallory was during all this.  She hung a total of 3 ornaments and then promptly fell asleep on the couch.

Lazy Sunday Afternoon.