The first weekend in December was busy at the Allen's house. Chris trimmed bushes in the front of the house and on the side of the house and the palm tree. Thankfully he had gas powered hedge trimmers. We loaded the truck and took the debris to the local recycle yard. Ashleigh had to work (on a Saturday) because next week for her is crazy with last week of her college classes, choir, and drama, but when she got home our family headed to a local tree farm. While our drive to the tree farm was adventurous, the tree farm was not do compelling. We found a tree at Lowe's. While we were there we also got lights for our house and mulch. We put the tree on the stand and watered it. Austin helped me put the lights on the tree. (Ornaments will be on Wednesday) While Ashleigh and Chris put out the lights on the house, I put out the mulch. It became dark and the lights were not complete. Chris finished them on Sunday after church. That evening our small group went out to eat. We had a nice fellowship and time discussing our "wonders of the world" and our least favorite cookies. (It was nice meeting with our group as the last 3 weeks we have been learning more about our church (Newcomers class) with a certainty to join. Austin attended Metro kids; they had pizza and shopping fun. (The kids money was canned goods). Ashleigh helped him shop and has bonded with a little girl in the class she teaches. Austin was so excited when he got home; therefore, we opened our gifts. While opening our gifts, he and Ashleigh had a story for each gift. He did a perfect job-he bought Dylan an Avenger fort (Dylan and Austin have been making forts.) Ashleigh received a coffee mug (an addition to her collection-score!). Chris was the hardest to shop for because Austin was contemplating between gifts. The perfect gift was a picture. I received a devotional book. What an awesome way to end our WONDEROUS WEEKEND.
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