Getting Ready for Christmas

This weekend my wife and I continued the process of getting ready for Christmas. We put up our tree and decorated inside the house last weekend.... the Saturday after the Oregon vs Oregon State game. This weekend we went early Saturday Morning to the Festival of the Trees at the Armory. People from the community decorate trees and auction them off to raise money for a local hospital. After the auction the trees are kept on display for the weekend. After some Christmas shopping we came home and spent about four hours raking leaves...lots of leaves.Sure wish the kids were home to help. :) On Sunday we put up our outdoor lights. We put up about 30 strings of lights and seven light up figures such as a snow man and Santa. Sure wish the kids were home to help.:) If you saw National Lampoons Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase you get the picture. It was hard work but looks nice for the kids when they come home for Christmas in a few weeks. In the next few weeks we need to get out our Christmas cards, and do the rest of our shopping. This is a very busy time of the year. Mary Christmas.