the FUNNY farm: Decorating the Christmas Tree

Monday, December 7, 2009

Decorating the Christmas Tree

Hunter was still tired from his 18 hour day (he had 60 hours last week at work) so he cut the end of the Christmas tree off for us, got it in the stand, then went to bed. We spent an hour fighting with the Christmas lights, got them on the tree, and then got busy decorating. I was making gingerbread in the kitchen while the kids went at it... and I mean that in several different ways. I am currently writing a poem or possibly a song about how the only time of the year that I cuss and swear is at Christmas... and why... I'll post it when I finish.

The critters did a great job decorating the tree and cleaning the living room afterwards. It's probably the prettiest tree we've ever had since it came from a tree farm; unfortunately there are no funny stories to tell about getting the tree this year... just that the tree lot guy said to me when he was putting the tree on the van, "what did you do to your kids today?" They were all asleep in the van - all 8 of them! I told him I had threatened them on the way home from going out to lunch if anyone said ANYTHING else I was going to stuff socks in their mouths. Apparently they chose sleeping over chewing on socks.

After we got done with the tree, Hunter took 3 of the critters back to their other mom and the other 5 critters and I went to some friends house and watched the First Presidency's Christmas Devotional. It was so wonderful and helped me realize I should not be stressed out over the unimportant things and to try and relax and enjoy the season... which I intend to. I will choose 1 day to stress out over shopping. If I can't find what I want, I am going to wrap the money I would have spent and put it under the tree. I really enjoyed the beautiful music during the devotional. I love Christmas Music!!! Hunter joined us after the fireside and we had gingerbread and whipped cream, and hot chocolate, marshmallows and whipped cream - yummy! Lemur enjoyed their fun Christmas train. The critters had fun playing no bears are out tonight outside... bbbrrrr!!! It was like 17 degrees outside. Crazy critters!

1 comment:

David and Esther said...: Wasn't that a great broadcast? It really helped me to re-evaluate my priorities this Christmas too. Beautiful!; December 8, 2009 at 10:19 AM

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Who We Are

To help you figure out who we are, here were are in birth-order:

HUNTER: Likes to Hunt, get fire wood, cut down trees, do anything outside. Hunter started his own heavy-haul trucking company in October of 2012. He enjoys driving and seeing new country but wishes he was home more.

ZOOKEEPER: Keeps things going around the farm being a wife and mom, loves to be outside gardening, working in the yard, building things etc, likes to stay busy being productive, scrapbooks when she can, likes to be with family.

STEELHEAD: Likes hunting, fishing, sports.

MARTIN: Likes marching band, Boy Scouts, high school, hanging out with his friends, going on dates, and seminary. He has a job and works hard to pay for his own insurance, car, gas, dates, etc. etc.

PENGUIN: Likes reading, math, PE, sewing, volleyball, basketball and boys.

BEE: Likes reading, is an awesome student, likes being with family, band, being with friends, and going to young women's!

MONKEY: Anything sports or outside! Gets his chores done quickly so he can go outside! Loves playing football. Like watching BSU football games, playing with legos, and being with his friends. Loving scouts and working towards his Eagle.

PORCUPINE: Does anything anyone else is doing. Likes the Army, playing outside, motorcycles, playing football, playing video games, watching TV.

LEMUR: Loving school but not homework, rides his bike all over the place, loves playing with Cooper, is a super big brother to YAK, sweet, kind hearted.

YAK: Loves riding his bike, playing outside, learning anything new, helping mom around the house especially if it involves using tools, playing games and playing with Cooper.

COOPER: Our pure bred beagle. He is very social and loves to play with people or animals. He loves going to the neighbor's to play with their dog. Starting to get out of the chewing phase (we hope!).