Getting ready for Christmas

I have been ready for Christmas for awhile now.  I shopped early and put the tree up early.  I love to shop for Christmas because I favorite part is giving gifts to others.  I wish I was rich cause I would buy everybody I know something.  I just love it.  I do most of my shopping online because I hate fighting crowds and long lines.  I do not shop on black Friday specifically because I hate the crowds and the rude people who come out to shop.  I got Chris the most amazing present ever and can't wait to give it to him on Christmas.  I also of course went overboard on Noah again this year.  This will have to stop once we adopt a child.  I made gifts for all of my sister in laws and got my mom and mother in law a great gift too.  I thought about it and realized that ever year I buy for my husband, son, parents, in laws, nieces and nephews, and make something for all of my sister in laws but I never get anything for my brothers or brother in laws.  OOPS!!!!!!  Maybe I will be nice next year a get them something special.  So I absolutely love decorating and so Christmas is one of my favorite times of year cause I get to decorate my house in such fun ways.  I have tons of Christmas nick nacks and love them all.  I have a specific way I like to decorate the tree and Noah is so great at helping.  I started collecting the St Nicholas Village and have a few pieces and add to it each year.  I LOVE IT!  I also found some really cute BYU ornaments and a BYU nutcracker.  They are awesome.  I think this year after Christmas I am going to buy another tree so that next Christmas we can have two Christmas trees up.  One for me to decorate all by myself and one for Noah and Chris.  That way I can have a very fancy one!  We need to plan a trip to Temple Square to see all the lights.  It is amazing there and I just love it.  We are also doing Christmas Eve dinner at my brothers instead of doing it on Christmas.  Christmas we will open presents, go to church, and then hopefully skype with all of our families.  I am hoping next year we will be closer to home and can make a trip home for Christmas.  We will see if that works out for us or not in February.  Anyway, the wonderful part of having all of the shopping and decorating done early is that I can now totally focus on the true meaning of Christmas which is the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.  I hope that each of you will also take time to focus on his birth and the amazing sacrifice he suffered for all of us.  Merry Christmas to all!  Stay safe!