Christmas Decorations and Ranger of the Year

The Payne family spent Saturday decorating the house for Christmas. I love being able to get the tree from the basement. When it's 2 degrees outside, you can't beat having an artificial tree. I'm sure that some of you are die hard "real tree" people, but for us the fake tree is the way to go. We will also continue the tradition of putting the Christmas presents under the tree about 30 minutes before we open them. This has nothing to do with making the kids think that Santa brought the presents. I has everything to do with our tradition of having an infant/toddler around that would go through all the presents in a flash. Maybe next year we'll be able to put presents under the tree a bit earlier, maybe. The photo album will show the steps of decorating the house.

Earlier in the week Levi received his medal for completing the requirement for Royal Ranger of the Year. To meet this accomplishment he had to earn a certain number of badges, memorize Scripture verses and participate in Outpost events. We are very proud of his achievement.


Preview of next weeks post: Children and Adult Christmas Musicals

Chris