warm holiday fuzzies...

For some reason our stormy weather has made me want to decorate for the holidays. I know is before thanksgiving but something about the soft glow of Christmas lights makes me happy.

Plus,  my mom brought over a ceramic lighted tree my grandma made so I'm very thankful it has a place in our home this Christmas.

I've only decorated one room so far and I'll save the rest until next week.  So stay tuned for more pics...

Let the holiday festivities begin.

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I sure know that we did and are very thankful for what we have, great family and friends. It was a winter wonderland during Thanksgiving week so we were home all week and even had a chance to play in the snow.

Since we had a long weekend we decided it would be the perfect time to go out and get a Christmas tree. A few weeks ago we had ventured out to nearby Woodinville and noticed a tree farm along the side of the road. We decided that Saturday was the day to give it a try and I am so happy that we stopped by the Red Barn Tree Farm. You could either cut your own tree or get a Noble Fir that was already pre-cut. We love Noble Firs so we decided to go that route and I am so glad we did since we ended up with a beautiful tree. Ethan was extremely excited about the tree farm since they gave out candy canes and he sure loves candy. Jeff even was able to put up the Christmas lights so you can just call us the Kalles/Griswald family. :-)

Holiday Fun.

This past weekend Jeff decided it was time to put up our Christmas lights. He has gotten it down to a science now and is able to put them up in about two hours. I think he did it in record time this year. This was an extremely cold day as well so he had to put the lights with the roof being a sheet of ice. Luckily no injuries happened.

Also, while Jeff was at the Seahawks game my dad came down for a visit and helped Ethan with decorating a gingerbread house. Decorating was not in the cards for Ethan this day. Instead he was the candy gobbler and ate many of the gumdrops and jelly beans. He was bouncing off of the walls that evening.