Christmas Decorating and Such

Saturday we drove to Birmingham to look for candles for our advent wreath because we could not find any here in town. We found beautiful candles at a craft store there, and all some pretty candle holders, and they were all half price. So that is nice. We also bought a wooden advent calendar and new stocking and a few other decoratives.

On Sunday there was a Christmas BBQ after church. Afterwards we came home and set up Christmas decorations.

We bought a new nativity set for the breakfast room table that has a Scripture verse on each piece. Jacob is enjoying looking at each piece and talking about the nativity story at breakfast and lunch.

We had a nice time at lunch on Sunday. I had a nice conversation with Barbie and a few other ladies about baking bread, buying fabric, knitting, sewing and other "girlish" topics. Barbie said that she would show me how to cut the boys hair. So I am looking forward to learning that. I have been wanting to learn, and it really makes sense for me to do it rather than to take them somewhere. Especially with how quickly Jacob's hair grows. He really needs a haircut every other week, but we always put it off because he is afraid of getting it cut and it is always so unpleasant.