~~LIVE~~LAUGH~~LOVE~~: Christmas 2011

It is Christmas in 2011

So what did we do for Christmas this year. Christmas is suppose to be full of Joy during this time. It was to a certain extent. I sure miss my son though. Yep I shed some tears on Christmas eve morning but Don held me close. So I am not used to being away from my son like this. I am getting better about this separation anxiety, but there is somethings here and there that get me. My Husband and my friends help me get through it.

Here is our Christmas tree in our duplex:

Sorry some of the pictures seem blurry at time - darn hands of mine!!

Well here you can see our Christmas tree above- It is a fiber optic tree but needless to say the bulb burnt out a week before Christmas hahaha so I put some of our LED lights on it. I had to take off all the items on the tree to do that. Ughhh Thank goodness it is just a small tree! LOL

No Presents under our tree this year and that is because our present to each other is (Click on link to see more of it) OUR HOME ON WHEELS

This present is a little hard to wrap and place underneath our Christmas tree ya think!

This year we decided that our Christmas money to spend was going to go to us this year. I did however send my son a gift in the mail to Alaska. Oh yea I am also sending our New Years letters to many too this week. (My sister gave me that idea from reading her's ~ Thank you Bee)

Here is our Santa this year:

Rusty!! He loves to pose for the camera - VERY Photogenic!

Friday night - read about the photos to see what we did (You can click on the photos to make them BIGGER if you would like to see them.

We decided to go check out some of the Christmas lights in town and here is what we seen:

Cute & sweet - SIMPLE

Then driving around we found out that not to many people were just into the spirit of Christmas this year with the lighting. Economy??

But that is when we figured out why!

These people were sucking all the energy from the others in Rice Lake Wi. LOL LOL

Check out this house out! EVERY part of this house had something on it!!

WHOA! Can you imagine the light bill here!!

These photo were take with my iPhone and Don was moving the truck so they aren't the greatest photos lol but at least you can see what it looks like right! lol

On Christmas Eve we went to my Best Friend's place and I dropped off her gift. I bought here a nice "Life study Bible just like mine but her's has a leather cover and mine is hard. Then I also bought her a "Love Dare" book too. She loved it!

This is what I received from her and I also love mine as well!

My most favorite drink!

Flavored Teas!

I know she gave this to me earlier but I still consider it as part of my gift. A electric blanket for me to keep warm here :-) I Love it!

Thank you Kris ~ Love ya Sis!!

Then it was Christmas Day

Happy Birthday Jesus! I Love You!

Then later that evening we spent Christmas with our close friends which are more like family and that is Jay, Jenn, their kids and Jodie. We had a wonderful time and a great meal with them. Here are some photos to share.