I had taken the day off work on Friday, so the kids and I put up the Christmas tree and the other holiday decorations. Josh even put up the outside lights. Although this time of year he likes to refer to me as Mrs. Griswald. I'm sure most people have seen the movie National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.
We like to dress Casey up as a "reindog" while we are decorating the tree.
Friday evening we got together for supper in Palmer with Josh's mom and dad, brother, Brian and his wife, Sarah, their kids, Logan and Kyla, his sister, Alyse, her husband, Charles and their daughter, Ella. We celebrated Josh's mom's birthday, but I'm not saying which birthday because I still want her to like me! After supper Josh and I went to the Bee Movie with Brian, Alyse, Roger, Ella, Logan, Paige and Cameron.
On Saturday we had lunch at Pizza Ranch for Ella's 2nd birthday party. I can't believe she's two already.
We enjoyed another family supper on Saturday evening. This time at Roger and Ellen's house for another Thanksgiving feast.
After supper we came home and painted our kitchen. Apparently we weren't quite tired enough from all the running we had been doing all weekend!
After church on Sunday we headed to Fort Dodge once again. This time it was Josh's idea and Cam, Paige and I just tagged along. We now have 99% of our Christmas shopping done. Whoo Hoo!!!
We had a weekend full of activities, but it was great to be able to spend so much time with family. We don't do it nearly often enough.
