Christmas Shopping

It is the day after Thanksgiving, so we found it very appropriate to go shopping! Its no Black Friday, but it is China....so I would say its pretty close ;) We decided to head to Walmart, this sounded like a place with possible Christmas decorations. It was... there was one side of an aisle dedicated to our favorite holiday! This was the moment we started laughing. The ornaments, decorations, and tree selections were so limited, but so funny! Coming from a place where there are whole stores with anything Christmas now to a place where we rejoice when we find something that matches! :) We are SO thankful we found a tree and items to fill our home full of the Christmas Spirit!

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First Day of School

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