Preparing for Christmas

Even though we had a long stretch of school between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, it feels crazy to think that Christmas is almost here already!  We started the season off with a trip to the theater to see a performance of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" with Nancy, Betty, Jenny, and Grace in November.  The girls always love time with Grace!

Nancy has found the easiest gingerbread kits from Wal-mart that we have used the past couple of years--his parents came up again to decorate with the girls!

We stopped at the tree farm after Thanksgiving to pick out the perfect Christmas tree.  This year, it was mild and muddy--no snow!  It took us awhile to find the perfect tree, but we had fun!

The girls had their church Christmas program, and were fortunate to have both my parents, Dave's parents, and my sister attend.  I played the piano again this year.  Abby did a great job with her speaking part!