Monday, December 28, 2009

holly jolly


Last year, we didn't even put up our tiny-tim-Christmas-tree...too much was going on, and we enjoyed the holidays with all of our family on Andrew's side in Argentina (a real trick, as our immediate family lives on THREE different continents now). However, with the exception of my 3 1/2 weeks in Kenya, Christmas 2009 was in the States. Thankfully, our family was in Chicago for Thanksgiving, and thus, we decorated.



I love, love, love decorating for Christmas....and Daddy Paul played the Christmas music, while we all decorated the tiny-tim-tree and placed all the knick-knacks across our 500-something-sq-foot apartment.



...a refreshing escape from the pre-trip anxiety I had while planning and packing to leave for Kenya the day after Thanksgiving...



...of course, the wise men keeping the Baylor Santa company under the tiny-tim-tree...



...our neighbors across the street, who's tree was conspicuously grandiose and placed in their bay window....I will admit I shoved our tree to the forefront just so they would know who they're dealing with...



...itsy-bitsy ornaments...



...and while I love all the shiny, glitzy, sparkling decorations, I'm just thankful for yet another year to celebrate birth and redemption in the Lord.