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A Christmas Wonderland

Ready to Party!!

Maxee and Makena posing by one
of Aunt Kat's trees

This one is the bird tree, I think.
She had all kinds of bird ornaments on it..
even some little nests!  Trey kept wanting to
get the mini eggs out of them.

We loved this cowboy snowman!
I also really liked the Patriotic tree.
She had lots of flag ornaments, but there
were also some special ornaments made
of pictures of family members who have served in our
Armed Forces.

The first time that my kids went to Aunt Kat's house, a few years ago,
this was Trey's all time favorite tree because of Santa in the big truck.
He still says this is his favorite tree :)

On Saturday we went to Sheridan to my great aunt and uncle's house for our first Christmas Party of the year!  The special thing about her house is that she decorates every single room with a tree and/or some kind of Christmas decor.  It isn't tacky, but very well thought out and all the trees are themed.  She even has Christmas toilet paper in her bathrooms!  The kids thought that was the coolest thing EVER!!  We had a good time visiting, eating, and singing Christmas carol's.  Her house really is like walking into a Christmas Wonderland.  The coolest thing is, that even though she has all of this pretty stuff, she doesn't mind the kids touching it.  Her rule is "you can touch, just don't be rough"!! 

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