Christmas Decorating Time

Then we started to decorate the inside. So, we invited my family over to help us decorate the tree. I made my first home made lasagna for dinner (see pic. below) which turned out very yummy. And, it was really easy to make! Then we started putting out all of the Christmas decor. We bought a new 7 1/2 foot tree this year. I decorated it with a Martha Stewart collection called Twilight. It's purple and silver, it's beautiful. So, we are all set for our company to come and stay and for us to host our first Christmas Eve in our new home.

So, Christmas time is near and we have been busy getting our house all decorated. I didn't realize just how much Christmas stuff I have. It is crazy. So, first we started with decorating the outside of the house, which was a lot of fun. I love being able to have our own home and be able to put anything out. I don't have pictures of that right now, they are on my other camera. But, the house looks beautiful on the outside.

Frosty in his sweater

My handsome
Our stockings hung by the chimney with care....

Our pretty tree with Rocky laying underneath it. The topper wasn't on yet.

Frosty likes the tree skirt.

Frosty was trying to help decorate too....didn't help so much.

My mom helping to put hooks on the ornaments

My big plush Frosty the Snowman

My winter wonderland in the entryway

Brayton's Christmas Village

Where's Rocky?

Brayton assembling the tree.

My first lasagna before it cooked!!! I can cook sometimes.

So, it's been a month....

So, during the past month we have had a few things going on. It was Thanksgiving during this time. We went to Arizona for the weekend and had a great family feast all together. It was also my grandmother's birthday that same day. Then on that Saturday it was my mother and Charles's Anniversary and Brayton's dads birthday. Just before we went away we started having new flooring put in the house. We were having hardwood floors and tile layed throughout the whole downstairs of our house. It took them a week to get the whole thing finished. So, we lived in a very messy house for awhile. Here is a picture of how the wood floor turned out.

Halloween Weekend!!!

So, we had more family come out from Arizona this weekend. On Friday night we took a walk around Redlands to see some of the homes on Cajon Street that were all decked out. These houses were unbelievable. One looked like a pirate ship, it was amazing. Then, Saturday, on Halloween we went over to my mom's house for a party and a night of trick or treating. There was a bunch of family and friends around. We went trick or treating up and down Olive Street. Brayton wore his Manny wig for awhile and Frosty wore his pumpkin costume for awhile. It was a fun night. Pictures to follow...

The past weekend...

This weekend we had family come out from Arizona. My aunt, uncle, cousin, their dog (Buster) and my grandparents all came. My aunt and her family stayed at my house. It was a meeting for the doggies of the house to learn and get to know one another. Buster and Frosty had a great time playing and running around the house. We were able to scare my aunt a few times with Brayton's newest Halloween decorations. It was hysterical. My grandparents are staying for the whole week through Halloween when my other aunt and her family come out to go trick or treating. A week full of family and fun.

Pumpkin Patch

So, today we all went to Greenspot Farm in Mentone to go pumpking picking. Frosty went along for his first pumpkin experience also. He walked around in the fields and also met some of the farm animals that were there. We all had a lot of fun.

The family

Frosty and his pumpkin


Frosty giving his nana kisses


The family again.


Frosty, Charles and the Scarecrow

Frosty trying to kiss the cow

Robert????

Me and my Frosty

Brayton and Frosty

Feeling Yucky!

Since Monday I have been feeling like crap. So, I went to the doctor yesterday and she said it could be either sinusitis or the regular flu. She put me on some antibiotics. I am actually starting to feel a bit better now. But, I still have this nasty cough and I feel it down in my chest. The doctor wrote me off work until Friday. So, I have sometime to rest up and feel better before going back to see all of the sick kiddos.

Garage Project

Yesterday Brayton and his dad spent about 7 hours working in the garage putting together our new cabinets and shelving. Believe it or not it still wasn't finished after all that time. Brayton still has a little more work to do on it. So far it looks really good. I am glad our garage will finally be organized and neat. Pictures to follow when the project is complete.