It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Monday Nov.30th was the day I got all our Christmas stuff out of the garage and got the house ready. I saved the tree for us all to do as a family for FHE that night.

Christmas is upon us and a New Year "2010" is approaching quickly... WOW, where has the time gone?

For FHE we decorated the tree.  It was a fun silly time where Christmas tunes were playing all while some goofed off here and there... Everyone was present except for little Joshua (who was under the weather and had gone to bed early after a rough day).  When he awoke the next day I told him we had a surprise to show him - a decorated Christmas tree!  At first he had that look of WHY is there a tree in our house?!  But that soon changed once he saw all the colorful and fun things on it...  I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.
Just for the record it took a full day of explaining and teaching before he left the tree alone...for today.

Ty adding a little decorating humor by turning Jt's Storm Trooper into an ornament!

It took a while before the Star Wars fanatic noticed that “HEY that’s MY Storm Trooper guy - DAD!!!”

  Let's decorate!

The kids busy decorating the tree...

Jonathan playing with the Tahiti scuba Santa ornament Mom & Dad gave us a few years back.  I have to add a little island touch, can't take the "island" out of the island girl.

Turkeys!!!

Our Thanksgiving was spent locally this year and it was good. Things didn’t work out to go to UT and now with my sister living in NZ our “every other Thanksgiving hosting” didn’t happen for obvious reasons. However it’s wonderful to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints - a ward family. A sweet family in our ward happily invited us to feast with them. A new Thanksgiving idea (Thanksgiving “kernels”), good company, good food and football makes a good day - a Happy Thanksgiving day!  It’s a Hampton (extended) family tradition to see a movie after Thanksgiving. I’ve never asked why but I’m assuming it’s the guys (there are just way too many boys in the Hampton home) way of making it up to the ladies for watching FOOTBALL most of the day...
Here is a lovely picture of us after Saturday’s viewing of Disney’s “Christmas Carol” in 3D (thus the “nerdy” glasses.) BTW great movie - a classic.
Joshua doesn’t want to be a part of this not so cool moment, I don’t blame him but hey it’s funny looking! Good thing everyone wears these beauties in the DARK!!!