Budding artists

We got a new dining set off Craigslist today. (I’ll post some pics someday.) Super excited. My parents had been kind enough to lend us their old dining set to use for as long as we needed it but it only sat 6 people and with us now having 5 in our own little family, if we had more than one person over for a meal, we were obviously quite crowded. So, I have been checking out Craigslist on a semi-regular basis looking for a dining table that would seat at least 8. I found a set of furniture that included a table, 8 chairs, china cabinet and sideboard and I loved it! We got a good deal on it considering all the furniture we got and the fact that it is all solid wood, in perfect shape and made by a very reputable manufacturer. Anyway, enough about the furniture… our girls had a great time playing in our empty dining room today and my favorite was their painting at the easel. Make sure you notice the “artist berets” that Annie had to be sure they both sported.

Christmas Tree 2010

The rain stopped just in time for us to make our annual trip to Buttermilk Farms and cut down our Christmas tree. Actually, last year we didn’t get to cut our tree down because the weekend we were planning to go, Hope got sick so Jon and Annie took a drive to Lowe’s and picked out a beautiful tree there. Buttermilk Farms is run by a dear man in our church family and we are so thankful for his farm and his trees and the girls would add, his hot chocolate! It actually didn’t take us long to find the tree for 2010. We got it home and got to work putting on the LED lights (of which, Jon is not a fan), ribbon and ornaments. I think we only had two ornament casualties this year, which I thought was pretty good considering all the little hands that were a part of the decorating. Oh, and after Hope woke from her nap, she had a temp of almost 101. What is up with her getting sick on our Christmas tree days??? Boooo!!!