Protesting December

I am in protest. Against December. It shouldn't be December already! How is it possible that Christmas is just weeks away? Time is just going too fast. It's been hard for me to adjust and get in the Christmas mood this year for some reason. Christmas is like my favorite time of year so that's one of the reasons I'm bummed because I just want this time to go slow so I can savor it.

All of my friends and most of the rest of the country have had their Christmas decorations up since the Saturday after Thanksgiving. But I finally got mine up last night! Yay! Thanks dad for your help! This is my Charlie Brown country tree:


It's cute and little and is helping me somewhat to adjust. Here's some of my favorite ornaments:


Mr. Moose:


A reminder of the real reason for the season:


Button-legged snowman:


I haven't done one ounce of shopping yet. Thankfully my sister is like my wife in that she's doing a lot of shopping on my behalf. She's sweet--she'll call me up from the store and tell me she found something for our mom or dad and ask if I want to get it for them :).

I want to make sure I stop and slow down and reflect this year and soak it all in. It's hard with so many things on my TO DO list but I'm going to try.

One thing that always helps me to get into the Christmas spirit is my absolute favorite Christmas song- "Welcome to Our World" by Chris Rice. You need to definitely look it up on iTunes and listen to it and buy it. The lyrics are awesome. Jesus is amazing for all he has done for us!!

I hope you are able to enjoy all the joys of this season. And if there's anything else you think of that will help me with my adjustment to December--feel free to share!