Sweet surprise

At the time that I left town to head to Mississippi for Aleta's funeral, not a single decoration had gone up at our house.  I was hoping to somehow manage to get the tree up and decorated when I returned (on the 20th of December) but had honestly given up much hope.  When I called Marvin from the hotel Tuesday night I heard voices in the background.  He didn't really offer any explanation other than 'he would tell me when I got home'.  And I was too tired to give it much thought.  :)  You can imagine my surprise and great joy when I walked into my house the next day and discovered the tree was up and decorated, as well as a few other areas in the house!  What a truly lovely surprise!  Turns out dear Shonda and Alaina (Brianna had Christmas program practice) came out to the house and decorated for us.  What a wonderfully sweet surprise.  So very blessed.

And just to top it all off... because Shonda is AMAZING... she even got me an Aldi Cart Coin key chain!!  What a woman!  What a friend!  What a Christmas!!!  :)