Christmas Time

I love traditions and I love that even though for 5+ years we have just been a family of three, yes that includes our puppy, that we still have created lots of them. 

Hard work setting up the tree - Kevin had to take a nap! 

One of my favorites is setting up our Christmas tree the Saturday after Thanksgiving. One of the best parts of digging out all the our Christmas decor is seeing all the ornaments we have collected together. We have a tradition that every time we go on vacation we purchase a Christmas ornament for our tree. That way every year when we pull out the box we can see all the fun places we have traveled together and the memories we have created. 

Another favorite part is a couple days after Christmas we go to Target and sort through all the clearance Christmas items. We pick out several things and put them away in one of our boxes. The following year when we go to pull out the boxes we open up to surprises that were wicked cheap! This year we discovered that we had picked out a couple ornaments and all of Moose's gifts! That was a great surprise to know we don't have to shop for him. :) 

FOUR stockings!!! 

This year as we set up our house for Christmas it was crazy to think about that in January when we take things down Lucy will be with us. We can't wait for her to be part of the traditions we already have and of course all the new ones we will make with her. 

AND of course this year we will be a family of four not three!