We are living in the TLF (temporary living facility) on base until we get a house. The temporary lodging here at Peterson is actually pretty nice. We have two bedrooms a living area and a kitchen. The place looks pretty new and there is a washer and dryer IN our room. It is so great!! I've never stayed in a TLF this nice before. So that is good, since we will probably be here until Christmas. I was feeling a little sad about being in here during Christmastime (although we are going to Oregon for actual Christmas!) so today we got a few things to help make our living area feel a little more festive. We got a tiny tree (I hope it's not making Scott go dead inside to buy
another fake tree) and a few stockings. We also have some little advent calendars ready for the kids and some stuff to make a gingerbread house and Christmas sugar cookies. So that will be fun and make things here a little more festive. We listened to some Christmas music off my computer to complete the mood. Matthew was singing Feliz Navidad over and over as he went to bed tonight. It made me smile.
The tree after we decorated it. This one has the kind of branches that you can move around a bit and it looks like I might need to readjust a few of them. :) I didn't tell the kids to point to the tree, they just like to do that.
Matthew pointed out that our tree needs a star. We will have to find a tiny star ornament to go on top.
More pointing. I read the kids a Christmas themed library book for bedtime and Anna got all excited when they got to the part about hanging the stockings. "WE hung the stockings today!" It made me happy. We got an extra stocking for little baby boy Guptill who won't be here until March or April, but we're excited for him to join our family!
We are living in the TLF (temporary living facility) on base until we get a house. The temporary lodging here at Peterson is actually pretty nice. We have two bedrooms a living area and a kitchen. The place looks pretty new and there is a washer and dryer IN our room. It is so great!! I've never stayed in a TLF this nice before. So that is good, since we will probably be here until Christmas. I was feeling a little sad about being in here during Christmastime (although we are going to Oregon for actual Christmas!) so today we got a few things to help make our living area feel a little more festive. We got a tiny tree (I hope it's not making Scott go dead inside to buy another fake tree) and a few stockings. We also have some little advent calendars ready for the kids and some stuff to make a gingerbread house and Christmas sugar cookies. So that will be fun and make things here a little more festive. We listened to some Christmas music off my computer to complete the mood. Matthew was singing Feliz Navidad over and over as he went to bed tonight. It made me smile.
The tree after we decorated it. This one has the kind of branches that you can move around a bit and it looks like I might need to readjust a few of them. :) I didn't tell the kids to point to the tree, they just like to do that.
Matthew pointed out that our tree needs a star. We will have to find a tiny star ornament to go on top.
More pointing. I read the kids a Christmas themed library book for bedtime and Anna got all excited when they got to the part about hanging the stockings. "WE hung the stockings today!" It made me happy. We got an extra stocking for little baby boy Guptill who won't be here until March or April, but we're excited for him to join our family!
2 comments:
The tree looks wonderful. How fun to have stockings for everyone. Hugs from RI!
Hahaha! I forget how deep the tree sap runs in the Guptill blood ;) Have fun in Oregon!
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