Christmas EXPLOSION!

Yep, I'm one of those! I secretly listen to Christmas music before December, I don't really mind when Wal-Mart sets out their Christmas merchandise right after Halloween, and I ALWAYS get out my decorations as soon as I get back from Thanksgiving dinner. This year was no exception.

We went to Peru for our traditional Thanksgiving dinner at Marcus' grandmother's home. I like to call it our "Very Pierogi Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown"! His family makes meat pierogi, mashed potato pierogis (my favorite), and even fruit pierogis. They are yummy! We also have the usual turkey, but family and pierogis are what make Thanksgiving in the Sullivan house special! I only took one picture Thursday, I meant to take more, but we were playing board games, and I got caught up. Hmmm... I was with Marcus' family and took only one picture... Who do you think it was of?


Lehna's all tuckered out after her first Thanksgiving
When we got home, I started to decorate for Christmas, and Marcus said he'd like to get me a new tree for my Christmas present. I thought about it for a while, and decided, "What the heck." We went and bought a very nice new tree. The sucker is NINE FEET TALL, complete with pre-lit goodness! It's fantastic! I love it!


I did feel a bit like Clark Griswald with his huge tree when we got home, because we weren't quite sure where the tree would fit! The height was not problem, but when I unfurled the bottom of the tree, I realized we didn't take the width into consideration. Another good thing is that we had so many ornaments already that we actually filled the tree without having to buy any more.*

*The new title background at the top of the blog is actually a close up of our tree!*
I can't wait to have people over to see the new place all decked out for the holidays!


Kali's not so impressed with the new look...
There are less places to play.


Chelsea dreaming of sugarplums in front of the fireplace.
Today, Marcus and I went to Ohio to see my dad's side of the family. Unfortunately, recently we have only seen them once a year. I had a GREAT time catching up with all of them. They are just a really fun group of people. My sister took a bunch of pictures and promised to e-mail them to me, so I will go into more detail and post them when I get them.

Well, my Christmas CD just ended, and I need to run downstairs and put in another one before Marcus stops me!

Have a wonderful week!

WOO-HOO! CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE!!