Hanging up the Lights

Mike decided this year he would hang up lights on the house. Last year we bought a bunch of lights on clearance. He was fun to watch. He even got out his trusty fanny pack to hold the hooks in. It was a great day to do it since the weather was good.

Here is a shot of him using his trusty Sam's Club ladder. He is always ready with all the right equipment. The kids were so excited that they even had the neighbor kids involved in helping. The kids held the lights while Mike put them on the roof. I told him it will be fun to watch him take the lights down when it's zero degrees and everything is covered in ice. We then laughed and decided that we will probably be the family on the street that leaves them up until Easter. After awhile
the kids ended up playing tag and helping me with the leaves. The kids and I had raked the leaves for our neighbor and helped her get them all cleaned up. She was very thankful and took Layla in the house to see her cat. It's always fun to teach our kids about service, especially when we are trying to teach them about our Savior and the meaning of Christmas. The house turned out beautiful, except for the fact that we were one string of lights short and could not find the same ones. But, it worked out to put the plain string of white lights on the corner behind the trees.

McKay was taking a nap while we were working on the house and yard. He was pretty excited to finally be up and outside. He is his daddy's right hand man, that is one of the reasons why we started while he was asleep.