We finally got our Xmas lights up yesterday! The house looks so great! Our poor reindeer are in their final stages though...one doesn't move anymore and another one is missing half of his lights. BUT, for now, they look great! I can't wait to go home, the timer is set to go off at dusk. I've got to fix that, right now, they're on all night long and go off in the morning. Ugh...no, that's way too long.

Today I bought Gavin the cutest plate set with "Mater" on it. He's totally obsessed with the movie "Cars." Anything and everything with a "Cars" character and he wants it. So, we've been buying him the characters over the past few weeks. He's already got a handful, but I found some harder-to-find ones like Lizzie and the original Mater. The story is so cute, it's hard not to buy the related toys!

Our family has decided to pull names from the hat to get gifts for everyone. I'm very relieved, it was getting mighty expensive to get presents for everyone. We're a little tight on fundage right now, so the more cost cutting we can do, the better! The good thing is that we're all going to do whatever for Gavin's gifts. Jeff and I have more fun buying for him anyway.