Yes, I know, Christmas is only a week away. I had high hopes of posting picture of our home decorated for Christmas much earlier....sigh. I have not been sitting around eating bon bons....a few Frangos here and there, maybe. All I can say is the house is decorated now....want to take a peek? We live in an old craftsman style house with beautiful box beams and built ins....so fun to decorate around at this time of year. Here goes....

Several weeks ago I was standing in line at Bartell's Pharmacy, and I heard the woman in front of me tell the cashier, "Well, this is the last Christmas gift I need to purchase. I'm all done!" I stood there in shock and a little bit of awe...or maybe it was envy.

Do you send out a Christmas photo card every year? 
Though we missed a year or two in the early years of our marriage, we have faithfully sent one out each year since our first child was born. Some years choosing a photo for the card was easy…maybe from a family vacation, or an impromptu family picture that was actually good of everyone, or a “milestone” moment, like a graduation.  Other years, I went into a slight panic mode in November and we staged a family photo shoot somewhere around our house. My sons and husband, fortunately, tolerated this fairly well….as long as the photo shoot did not last very long and we were not changing to multiple locations.