Jon and Amber

We had some Christmas Tree Drama over the past couple weeks. Of course, I guess that’s to be expected with a three-year-old in the house…  Continue Reading »

OK, it’s time to get this thing revived! I need to make some updates and fixes behind the scenes, but I’m going to try to start making updates at least weekly if not more often.

We’ve put up our Christmas tree, but it’s dark and un-decorated as of yet. We’ve been using an extreme phased approach! First Jon pulled it down from the garage rafters, then a few days later it came into the house from the garage. Then the next day we actually assembled it. Then a day or two later we moved from in front of my desk to its proper location in the living room! Now there it sits, bare. It’s not as sad as you’d think though; something about having a pine tree standing in a room just makes things a little more festive, even without lights and decorations.

Tonight will probably be when we put the lights on, and MAYBE decorations, although no guarantees. With luck, we’ll manage to get all our decorating done before the end of the month, just in time to take it all down, HAH!

We went to Jon’s folks’ neighborhood to trick-or-treat last night. Jeremy was not shy at all, he knocked on doors, rang doorbells, and said “Trick or treat!” and “Thank you!” I can’t stand it when kids just hold out a bag expecting free candy for nothing. The least they can do is say Trick or Treat! Jeremy did great, and we all had a fantastic time.

Happy Halloween!

Oh, and we carved a pumpkin on Saturday. Jeremy named the Jack-O’-Lantern “Paws” — (He actually said this when I asked what we should name the pumpkin: “He names is Paws.”