One Happy Man

Lee has wanted a flat screen tv, FOREVER. Personally, it's cool, but I don't really care that much. I think it's a guy thing. We've saved for one, but something else was always more pressing and the funds went to that instead. We had hopes of getting one in the coming months, but then.....

Uncle Bobby and Karen came to the rescue! They asked if that's what we wanted for an early Christmas/graduation present and of course we said YES. We were anxiously awaiting all day for the UPS man to pull up.... finally around 6:30pm, he did.

(We were watching Alida, so she joined in all the pictures and said "Cheese!!")

Setting it up....

Will loved playing on the huge box. Actually, all the kids did. It was a nice distraction so we could mess with the tv.

When in doubt, have your 18 month old read the instruction manual for you.

We still have some more 'setting up' to do, but the kids were antsy, so we just put it on a cartoon and let them at it. It's pretty cool, I have to admit. Eventually, it will hang over the fireplace, but we need my dad to pay a visit for that one. So until then, it'll just sit on our tv stand.

In other news- I've started Christmas decorating. We were able to get some (not all) of our stuff from Karen's attic at Thanksgiving.... and I went at it. I'm still playing with a few things, but when I get them "just right" I'll post pics.

For now, here's a sneak peek at our tree... or rather 3 (thin) trees.....