happy birthday to cousin ben!! & the big 50 to my great aunt theresa!!

nice picture of daddy don't ya think!? guess what? our house smells so good now! do you know why? cuz we have a christmas tree!! yay!!! i was thrilled to see the tree go up, & i'm very careful around it! (you can see daddy's favorite lamp in this picture too! it is the lamp from the christmas story!) mommy also got the outside lights up today, & just realized she forgot to do the chimney...oh my...maybe tomorrow?