Good Job, Chris

Chris proved his worthiness as a husband tonight by hanging Christmas lights on the outside of our house, something I've been asking him to do for a long time. Even threatening to climb the ladder and hang the lights myself last year--while eight months pregnant--didn't motivate Chris to hang the lights.

Josh and Molly were a rapt audience for the big event, and Chris' light-hanging prowess even elicited some happy clapping from Molly (pictured above). Josh carried around the 100-foot extension cord the whole time Chris was on the ladder and could not stop yelling and jumping from excitement.

Here's the finished product. We weren't too ambitious this year, but it's better than nothing. The lights are LED icicle lights, which are 80 percent more energy efficient than regular lights. If anyone's wondering, Josh is carrying around an oil funnel in this picture. He thought it was a leaf blower and was trying to figure out how to plug it in.

We had to de-leaf Molly after she made a lap around the yard crawling through the billions of leafs, many of which stuck to her coat. This photo was prior to the crawling spree.