333/365: A little cheat

The real pictures I took today were Round One of our family Christmas card picture. B didn't get home from work early enough and so the light was pretty much gone by the time we got out to the field behind our house. Oh well, it was good practice for tomorrow!

332/365: Silver Christmas

I decorate for Christmas in *mostly* silver and white. I love it.

We have all the decorations up except for the tree. Grayden is just too speedy and precocious with his climbing to risk it without a gate to fence it off. One is on order, but it isn't supposed to be here for a week. I don't know if I'll be able to wait that long to put up the tree!

331/365: Napa Valley

The Beringer Estate was gorgeous!!!

V Sattui (our favorite from past trips) definitely isn't shabby.

We drove down to the Napa Valley today. All during the drive, and when we first arrived, the rain was pouring down. Eventually the clouds parted and the day ended up brilliantly sunny with a lovely sunset. There is just something about that Valley!!

330/365: Christmas Lights Are Up (mostly)

B and his Dad got most of the Christmas lights up today. We live in an area with the second highest electricity rates in the country(behind Hawaii) and so this year we switched to LEDs. Isaac was so excited to see all of the lights and decorations go up.

I'm starting to feel the holiday scramble. Lots of gifts to finalize and get mailed off this year. As my mother-in-law said tonight, "a month from now, Christmas will be all over." Ahh!!!

329/365: Thanksgiving Thanks-giving

Mmm... Grayden loves Thanksgiving food just about as much as I do! We had a wonderful dinner with B's parents, who are down visiting from Oregon. No huge mishaps with the food this year (last year a rug was ruined by turkey juice and there was no way I could get the space between the stove and the counter clean...)

There is so much to be thankful for. Most of all, I am thankful for my wonderful friends and family. I'm a blessed chica :)

328/265: Preparation Thanks-giving

This evening I made the cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, prepped the stuffing, sweet potatoes and the bacon for the brussels (why doesn't anyone say brussel 's' ? I've only ever heard it pronounced brussel. Spell checker doesn't like that) sprouts. Mmm... Thanksgiving! I'm thankful to be well prepared for tomorrow.

327/365: I Was Wearing Pants Thanks-giving

Grayden has a new trick. When he's pulling up on something he'll get a good start by reaching and grabbing with his hands and then, to get that final little bit of traction, he'll open up his mouth and bite down on whatever is available. Today, that was my leg. Unfortunately, he introduced me to this fun skill while I was drinking a glass of water. When those sharp little teeth sunk into my leg I may have accidentally spit my water out on his head.

Today, I was thankful I was wearing pants.