18) Christmas Decorating

There are 20 days til Christmas, and I have done a lot of decorating.  When I was home for Thanksgiving Break, my mom and I went to Broadbent's in Lehi and they had the most beautiful tree decorated with cute little owls.  My mom bought a bunch of the owl ornaments and I decorated Grandma's Christmas Tree.  Grandpa said the new decorations made Grandma's tree look "a lot classier."

The Sunday before I came back to school, my mother and I worked on bringing all the boxes of Christmas ornaments upstairs.  I helped set up the tree, string the beads on, and hung a few ornaments. We didn't get very far with the decorating before my oldest sister came to visit with my three-month-old niece.  I got to hold her and show her the Christmas tree before coming back to Provo. 

One of the funnest things I have done to prepare for Christmas is decorate my dorm window with Christmas Stickers my Grandma sent me.  Before now, my roommate and I had not spent much time together and when we did spend time together, it was not especially exciting.

Then, one morning we both happened to be home, and I invited her to put up the stickers with me.  Soon we were smiling and having a lot of fun.