Dreams Come True (we know, gag :-) ): Christmas Pictures

Hey all! The tree is up, the mantle is decorated, and so is the porch. We're all set for christmas, and only a little ridiculously early. We'll be leaving for home on the 20th, so we got started early in anticipation of cleaning it up before we leave so that people can come see and hopefully rent our beautiful house! here are the highlights:

First, a throwback to thanksgiving. Our menu consisted of a Butterball Turkey Roast with light and dark meat, Stove-Top Stuffing (because if I'm not stuffing a bird, I'm darn sure not making it myself), Green-Bean Casserole, Mashed Potatoes, apple sauce and gravy. The roast took 3 hours, the rest took about 1/2 hour, so it was about the easiest thanksgiving dinner ever. Here's the table all set and some action shots:

Moving on, we also got our tree and decorated the house. We drove all the way down to Oklahoma City for a 'choose-and-cut' tree farm. It was adorable, but apparently all that grows down here are Pine trees, no traditional fir trees, so we end up buying a pre-cut fir that was brought in from North Carolina. The tree itself is gorgeous, but it was still amusing. We brought it back, gave the cats a little time to get used to it (they spent most of that time learning to protect it, like last year) and the next day took to decorating. It's a little smaller than last year, so we have a bunch of unused ornaments. Here, again, are the highlights (mostly):