Our Advent Visitor

I spent the morning wrapping gifts 

and packing them into boxes 

to ship away to family who won't be with us for the holidays.  

I've said all fall and winter 

that I'd get that chore done way in advance.

But here it is right on the deadline 

and I was sorting, searching for tags and tissue

 and then standing in line at the Post Office with other procrastinators!

Some things never change.

After that we had an important errand to run:

we still needed to purchase a very important Christmas decoration!

Remember that trip to the airport last night?

Look who turned up to help us chose our tree and spend a week with us

as an Advent visitor!…..

Our handsome youngest son!

It's been a year since Joe's seen him and 10 months for me, 

so he's a sight for sore eyes!

Atta whined and carried on when he came in

and Noel greeted him within feet of the back door too. 

We did cut the netting off the tree,

but we won't be putting the ornaments on tonight 

since we've got other plans.

It's a grand time of year!