The Kendall Memoirs: One Christmasy Weekend

November 28th- December 1st

We started off the weekend decorating our Christmas tree. Last year I begged Nathan for a "bigger" tree, and he brought home a beautiful nine foot tree that was on sale. Little did I know, nine feet is extremely huge! It isn't just tall, it's gigantic around the middle. My least favorite part is the "fluffing" of the branches, and there were a lot of branches to fluff! We fluffed for two days and decorated on Friday after we got Gabriel. Gabriel really enjoys decorating the tree. He loves to open up all of the ornaments that are his and remember where he got them from or who gave them to him. We decided to decorate the tree without Natalie because we actually wanted to get it done! We saved the angel for Saturday morning and put it on as a family though.

This was about the time I was in shock there was another section!

Even Nathan needed a chair, and Natalie was Miss Helpful!

Us in front of the non-fluffed tree.

Everything finished but the angel on top!

On Saturday afternoon, the guys went to decorate the Lowe's truck for the annual Christmas parade. This is the second year in a row that Nathan and Gabriel have been in the parade. They don't ride on the truck, per Gabriel's request, they walk (really it's more like speed walking) alongside the truck and hand out candy to the kids. Natalie and I met up with Nathan's mom and went to see the parade. Natalie was a little unsure at first and didn't know what to think of the firetruck noise but was very excited to see Gabriel and Dada. Nathan walked by and gave her a lollipop, and Gabriel walked by and gave her a whole handful! Natalie wouldn't stop talking about seeing Gogo and Dada.

Our favorite parade float.

Enjoying the parade.

We had a great weekend that really put us in the Christmas spirit. I didn't take as many pictures as I should have, but sometimes you just have to enjoy the moment and remember it!