Clark Griswald

It is Kevin's dream to have a home, someday, like Clark Griswald, from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. You know the one, with the "250,000 twinkle lights" and they can see the house from space. Someday. Someday.

For now, Kevin loves to put the lights on the tree and I love it. He thinks he needs more than 1000 lights though. I beg to differ. He put the lights on this year and because he only did the front 2/3 of the tree, it leans...bad. I had to put a block under the tree to make it lean back because it is so weighted down. If you look closely at the picture, you can see his tongue hanging out.





Kevin also was finally able to get his house lights. Silly me thought 200 feet was enough. Apparently I missed the memo that he wanted to do the roof line and the valleys of the house. How dare I do that. So now, he has to have the house only 3/4ths done. This is how they all had to bundle up to brave the FREEZING cold to hang them up. They do look nice though. Justin also had to get in on the action. He wanted to help with the luminaries. I have wanted to do luminaries for forever. I can remember doing them with my Grandpa Peless. I loved driving around a neighborhood in my hometown that the whole street had them. I love luminaries. The ones we bought aren't so hot, so we'll rely on the candles and bags. If you drive by on Christmas Eve, they should be out. Hopefully I can convince him to do them more than one day, we shall see.