Christmas Tree Decorating

Just like last year, the Smith's came over to help us decorate our Christmas tree. This has become a little tradition that we've now done for the third year in a row. We had fun eating supper, decorating the tree, watching Rudolph and drinking hot chocolate. We just love them!

Jack was "really excited" to be helping. He's getting a little old to find this fun!

Proof that he did put on one ornament.

Georgia helped me tie the tree skirt in the very back of the tree that backs into a tight corner.

The finished product!

November

Wow...We still have a blog?? There have been many things that we could have blogged about this month and just didn't. So, in an attempt to catch you up on November, I'm going to let our pictures do most of the talking. So sorry about the lack of blogging. We want to do better!


At the beginning of November we held our last tailgate for the year for Auburn's homecoming game. Zac's parents were in town for it, too, which was added fun. We really enjoyed tailgating for the first time this year and hope to continue the tradition next season (even though we may not have too much to be excited about...sigh). Here is a link to a few pictures we put on facebook.


The very next weekend we went to Birmingham for my friend Sarah's wedding. Sarah and I went to church together in high school. Many of my other high school friends were in town for her wedding, too, and it was so wonderful to see everyone. It was like a mini-reunion. All of those girls mean so very much to me. It's amazing that we have known each other for so long. It doesn't seem to matter how much time goes by, though; we are always able to pick right back up like no time has passed. It was a very fun evening! Here a link to the pictures.


The weekend before Thanksgiving I went back to Birmingham for my dear friend, Adrian's lingerie shower. She is getting married next weekend. I haven't seen her in three years, so it was so good to catch up. Once again, it seemed as if those three years apart were really just three days. I also got to see my wonderful friend Melissa at the shower, too. The three of us had some very special times together in college and I really enjoyed hanging out with them again. The night was just way too short!


For Thanksgiving we actually stayed home and Zac's family came here. Zac's oldest sister stayed with us and Zac's parents stayed with Natalie. They were here most of last week and it was great fun with lots of chaos, too. We loved seeing our two nephews and our sweet niece that we don't get to see very often. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful second family. Here are two links to more pictures than you'd probably care to see: Zac's and Allison's.

Last, I am not very crafty. But, a couple of my friends got together to make wreaths. I didn't have very high expectations for how mine would turn out, but I was pleasantly surprised with the outcome. It only cost me $13 to make and really not too much time to create and it looks great! I was a little proud of myself so I had to take a picture:



I hope this helps to keep you updated on our life over the past month. Maybe this month we'll be better bloggers. Hope you are having a great beginning to this special Christmas season.