As you can see, I love to play my guitar and sing. In fact, I've been doing it all week. I serenaded family and friends at every gathering over Thanksgiving. I'm so very thankful for my Lightning guitar!
Over the holiday weekend, I got to see lots of people that I love. On Wednesday night, Emerson came over to play. We set up the baseball diamond and played ball together. We ran round in circles and laughed and wore each other out. I slept so well that night!
When I woke up Thursday, we watched the parade. We didn't make it through the whole thing though because we needed to get ready to head north for Thanksgiving with my family. Our first stop of the weekend was Grapes Grandma's house. We had lots of delicious food and got to see lots of family. Blake and I ate dinner together and had a fun time. I gave a concert in front of the Christmas tree before we left. My brother and I were super good at listening the whole time we were there...a Thanksgiving miracle!
We went to Grammy and Papaw's after that. We helped them put up their giant Christmas tree. One of our favorite parts was just having the ladders in the house. D and I love to climb! I hung bulbs up, mostly in one area on top of each other, but Grammy thought it looked beautiful. We cuddled up with Grammy and watched movies. We got to see lots of family on Friday. My other Great Grandma came over to visit. I called her "Little Grapes Grandma" and made her laugh a lot. I showed Maims how I decorate the tree and she helped me stay safe on the ladder. What a great day!
Saturday, Uncle E and Aunt B came to visit and we helped Papaw put lights up outside. Grammy's neighbors had already set up their displays and one thing that I loved was going over to visit the giant Frosty and Santa. Grammy took us one night and she accidentally stepped on Santa's string that was tying him to the ground. He moved, seemingly all by himself, and it spooked me a little. I liked it when Santa was just standing still, but if he's going to come to life I think I like looking at a distance. We also went to see the nativity scene across the street. It was very nice, but I liked when Papaw set his up at his house, better, because I could give baby Jesus lots of kisses.
I bid the holy family and my family farewell that night and we headed back to Indy. When we got home from church on Sunday we went to get our Christmas tree. It was really cold and rainy, but it didn't dampen our spirits. We picked out a nice wide tree for our house and it was super affordable...so I sang: "Oh budget tree, oh budget tree!" Mom and Dad got a kick out of me singing it. We had cookies and cocoa and hung the lights and bulbs up. I didn't want the decorating to be over so I started taking bulbs off and putting them back up.
With the Christmas season here (finally!) we have started preparing for Jesus' birthday! Each day until Christmas we are giving in some way to somebody else, since that is what is most important. I'd like to encourage you to give this holiday season, too! So, I'll update you with all of our activities next time. Stay warm!
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