The Hall is Decked!

Yes, my friends, it is official! The Rocco household is officially open for Christmas! The finishing touch was various collages of cards on the stairwell walls. It really dresses things up and is an excellent excuse to save those Christmas cards that you just feel awful throwing away because they're so beautiful! Here's a picture of Pixie inspecting MeLissa's handiwork and a few pictures of the overall look as well as some closeups of the collages. There's also a picture of the pantry in the kitchen all decked out in the lower right-hand corner.

Speaking of Christmas cards, we received our first today from Lisa and Rob! It was a bit of a surprise since we thought we were very early in sending out our cards today, but Lisa told MeLissa that she'd actually received a card as well. My, my but people are prompt this year!

Well, we should say, perhaps, that some people are prompt. One of vendors providing supplies for our party is not. It is highly unlikely, from the looks of it, that they will deliver these goods until well after the party which is disturbing, but MeLissa figures it is just a good excuse to have another party next year...or maybe even a smaller party this year, but that might be a bit crazy so let's shoot for next year, okay?!?

We're really looking forward to the rest of this week. MeLissa's birthday is on Thursday, the party is on Saturday and as an added bonus, MeLissa's little brother is coming on Saturday to enjoy the festivities! We're thrilled about that and are hopeful that we can at least show him a couple nifty things in the Bay Area before he heads back to San Diego and then onto Colorado for his next adventure as a Naval Recruiter. If you're in the Pueblo, Colorado, area and you're thinking about joining the armed services, look Christopher Allen up! He'll get you in and will treat you right!