Christmas lights ....

I used to only put candles in the window and

a wreath on the front and back door

that was all I ever did on the outside even though

Johnny would want to cover the house in lights

Anything else was a bit tacky to me

Then slowly, I let Johnny put some lights in a tree or two

Then one day things changed ... our children gave us grandchildren!

And the "Clarke Griswold" that has been in Johnny begging

to come out was finally unleashed!!

He has icicles hanging from the shed and the garage

he has lined the deck in multi-colored icicles that the colors

change through a constant cycle

The fence is lined with white LED lights

all of the bushes in the front have blue and white lights, LED

there are 2 little trees on each side of the front door with

white lights and then 3 little live spruces with mini lights

and then, to top it all off, a spot light shining on the front door

that is draped in greenery!

whew......

I tried to take some pictures tonight, they didn't come out very

good. I'll try another night but here ya go........

And I know it's early to put everything up but that's what we like

It takes us a little more than a week to do the inside and outside

I used to wait until Thanksgiving weekend and then ended up

spending the entire holiday weekend working on the decorations.

When I would have rather been spending time with

family and shopping.

and here's my other thought.....to me, November and December is

the holidays. And it's my favorite time of the year so I want to enjoy it as long as possible. Because once Christmas is over, I'm ready to clean up

and be ready to start the New Year in a clean house!! haha......

and the look on my grandchildren's face is totally worth

all of the work......they love it.

later.....