Gearing up for Christmas!

Friday night the girls went to my sister's house for a few hours so that Brian and I could finish up the daunting task of gift wrapping! And I am happy to say we are nearly done! We went and picked up the girls and did a Christmas light tour of Appleton. The best part? The girls fell asleep in the car on the way home:)

Saturday morning we decided to head to the mall to get the last couple of gifts we needed. Fortunately we headed out early and knew exactly where we needed to go, so that trip went just fine. And we had to stop at the tea store to get a couple of holiday teas to try out before we couldn't get them anymore! Love that store! Then off to lunch with the girls. Then we FINALLY (I say finally because we have been meaning to do this for weeks) took the girls to see Tangled. We don't often take the girls to movies, but when one comes out that we know they would love we go for it. Payton especially liked it, and Addie didn't try to run off, so I guess that means she liked it too!

The highlight of our Saturday was going to a local "production" of "The Streets of Bethlehem". It was an actual "street" with people, houses, shops, animals, manger... all set like it would have been back when Jesus was born. We had to wait in line only about 35 minutes or so to get in, but it was a great thing for us to do, and Payton and Addie seemed to enjoy it too. As we were leaving Payton asked "But I thought Jesus was a grown up?" Which then we had to explain that the newborn baby in the manger was not the actual Jesus, but a baby "pretending" to be Jesus so we could see what it would have been like for him... Kids are so literal, and funny!

After Bethlehem our niece and nephews came over so Nicole and Jason could have a couple of hours to do some of their Christmas wrapping. It was a Wii extravaganza! All in all a busy, but good day. Now to cleaning the house, laundry, baking.... to gear up for the families this week:)