Twas Three Weeks Before Christmas ....

.... and all through this house ..... things are running at a million miles an hour.

It seems like it used to be the holidays were a time to relax ... well ok shopping was not all that relaxing but it was a pleasant pressure and these days with online shopping it has gotten easier. But the last couple of weeks and this one is just stressful ... work, work, work. It can be hard to find time to stop and enjoy things.

But .. this weekend we did. Saturday myself and Laura went out and found a nice Douglas Fir for our Christmas tree - we got it home and got it up. Sunday the girls came over, all of them were here as Tika was home to work on a project, and we decorated our tree. It is funny how much fun that can be. Trying to figure out how to put on the lights and then what ornaments to hang. It honestly is fun as with many years of ornament gathering we have quite a variety and with many come interesting stories and histories.

Needless to say it was an afternoon of laughing and in an odd way relaxing.

I hope over the next couple of weeks we can start to off load the stresses of work and focus on our family and enjoy this wonderful time of year. I know I am looking forward to doing my best at doing that.