Santa Claus is Coming to Town

I can't believe Christmas is less than a week away! I have most of the shopping and wrapping done and am looking forward to spending time with my family.

We started celebrating Christmas the weekend after Thanksgiving and haven't stopped!

• We got the Christmas lights up on the house and decorated the tree. Unlike last year, we just put lights up on the bottom peaks... although we did add lights around our pillars and trees! We only put up one Christmas tree this year... and it is in the sitting room so the door can be closed. Kind of sad not to have it in our family room, but it would make me really stressed out to try and keep Tyler away from the tree all day long!

• We put out the other Christmas decorations, including our nativity sets and this beautiful canvas print.

• I made (and mailed) our Christmas cards. Aren't they so cute!?

• We took the Santa Express and visited Santa's Village. It was Kylee's first train ride and she thought it was "awesome". She especially enjoyed coloring in her coloring book on the way to visit Santa.

• Of course we decorated gingerbread houses! Looking forward to next year when all four of us kids will be living in the same town so we can all enjoy this tradition together (missed you Beki and Bryce!).

• We attended the ward Christmas party where we enjoyed a short program, including a 17-piece orchestra of people just from my ward... they sounded amazing! Tyler tried visiting Santa. He wasn't impressed.

• We made a Christmas countdown chain, have watched some Christmas movies, drove around looking at Christmas lights, delivered Christmas gifts to neighbors, and have been enjoying Christmas music on Pandora. We have also been enjoying this beautiful video that reminds us about why we celebrate Christmas. I am so thankful for my Savior, Jesus Christ!