Four, Five and Six

Our Day Four didn't go exactly as planned (so typical at our house). The girls had a half day of school for conferences so Kyle took off half the day so we could go to those. Our plan was to go to the conferences and leave immediately to pick out a tree, which was that day's activity. At the school, Kyle got a call from work so we had to head back home. By the time we were ready to go out for the tree it was too dark. We went out for pizza instead.


Day Five was crazy busy. We started off the morning at the tree farm to pick out our tree. It was a very chilly and rainy day. This is the first year in a long time that we didn't have at least some snow on the ground.

Heading into the tree farm.

Kellen looking for the perfect tree. She is VERY particular.

Kellen and Jenna discussing a tree.

Riley was just running around like a mad woman. Can you see her?

Jenna decided to hide, too.

Finally, we all found a tree that we *mostly* agreed upon.

Kellen had a basketball game after lunch so we rushed back home to eat and get ready for that. Our actual Day Five activity was to go see a Christmas show that some of our Sound of Music friends were in. We had kept going to the show a surprise, so when they pulled that off the calendar it was a thrill. Before the show the kids got to decorate cookies and eat them.

The show was cute and really helped to get all of us into the Christmas spirit. The weather was so gloomy and before the show we all had attitudes to match. It was the perfect thing to do.

We had decided to head out for some shopping after the show. Since we were going to be at the mall, we thought we would get the oil changed and the tires rotated at Sears. Good plan, right? Car stuff would get done while we were shopping and we would be good to go...especially since there was a winter storm coming. Four hours later, another trip back to Sears the next day and another one still to come...so much for good plans. {I won't bore you with all the details, but they messed up big time on a very simple tire rotation.} By the time we were leaving...at CLOSING time...it was already snowing. We made it home safe and sound and that's all that matters.

Yesterday was Day Six, and it went as planned for once. The girls were in fabulous moods, they were perfect at church, they helped clean the house AND they got to play in the snow. Our activity for the day was to decorate the tree and house. We did that and finally made those Christmas cookies.

It was a great end to the weekend.