trimming the tree

I filled this past week with decorating, cleaning and cooking. We had a "department Christmas dinner" for the guys that work for Jeremiah on Friday night. It was fun. They came, we fed them steak, they stayed:) As I looked around the table at three 20-something guys I realized that my table will look a lot like this in 15 years or so. It was a comforting thought. We all enjoyed the evening. 

We got our Christmas tree on Wednesday. It was fun to take the boys along to pick it out. Children make the holidays fun. It reminds us of the joy to be found in simple things like bright lights and surprises and secrets and special things that only come out once a year. Hans says "what's that!" to every new piece of Christmas decoration he sees. Ethan was so excited about putting the tree up he was literally bouncing! We had so much fun and the tree was almost complete and needed very little tweaking when Ethan went to bed. 

no, this isn't Christmas morning, but it almost looks like it, doesn't it?:)

Hans did have to learn that the ornaments are not for eating!