The beginnings of our first Christmas

Venture back with me, if you will, to the weekend after Thanksgiving.... Saturday morning Nick and I  had waffles for breakfast with cranberry sauce on top, then started out to run some errands. As the day unfolds, it becomes rainy and a little cooler temperature-wise - colder than usual. It actually felt a little more like Christmas time!! So we got very excited and decided to go get our first real Christmas Tree!  The pine trees get shipped over here from the mainland and we heard that they sell very quickly. A friend of mine sent me a message saying that she heard there was a farm here on the island that sells real trees. So we went there to check it out. We were a bit dissapointed to find out that these are not like "mainland" pine trees, they are more the Charlie Brown kind :) But we had fun walking around and taking pictures. This is our favorite tree:

Nope, it did not smell pine-like. 

I had to wear my beanie and scarf just to say I wore them while at a tree farm.

After that, we went straight to the military commissary to buy our tree. It was just sitting there waiting for us to take it! ;)  So we brought it home, put on some Christmas music and decorated it.  

Can you tell I am excited to bring home my first real Christmas tree?

I love having the pine smell in the house!  Although, with 80 degree weather, we are praying it stays alive until the 25th! Now - on to the decorating.

So Fun!! We love it.

The last few days we have been hitting up the sale racks to get our final gifts. We have also been fighting the lovely holiday traffic. In that situation I take it upon myself to begin singing Christmas carols in hopes of not getting frustrated.  The other day Nick and I were attempting to remember all 12 days of Christmas...

...10 lords a leaping? yeah...well I know it is 7 swans a' swimming... :) And whoever wrote that song was a bird lover - Calling birds, french hens, turtle doves, partridge, swans... And a french hen in a pear tree? 

So - my parting words to you:

If someone cuts you off,

and you see them on their cell phone,

And they give you a nasty glare because they get frustrated at You...

Sing a little Christmas carol :)