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Christmas Tree Decorating

12.11.2015

We wasted no time decorating the tree this year. It was in the house and ready to go the day after we cut it down.

I put the lights and the garland on and them I pulled out all the ornaments and separated them out for the kids.

I relinquished a lot of control this year when it came to the ornaments. Last year I let Hannah and Colson put on a decent amount but I put up the majority of them. This year, I really tried to let them decorate the whole bottom of the tree, while I handled just the top.

I gave them a few guidelines and them let them go to town and they ended up doing rather well. Even Hailey managed to get a few onto branches but really, most of hers ended up piled onto the tree skirt. :oP

I only moved a few of their ornaments after all was said and done, so I am rather proud of myself. :o)

And a tree is not perfect until the star is placed on the top so we let every kid have a little turn at either putting the start on the tree or straightening it out one is was already up.

Hailey got to go first but she couldn't actually get in on the tree.

So Colson went next and was able to put it up.

Then Hannah straightened it out so it looked perfect. :o)

I think our tree turned out beautifully this year. Maybe my most favorite on yet!!!

Christmas Tree Farm

12.10.2015

The weekend after Thanksgiving we headed out to Henslers Nursery to cut down our Christmas tree.

This year was one of the coldest years we have had in a while so we had to bundle up pretty good. That didn't seem to bother the kiddos too much though.

We actually found our tree right away. It was really the first tree we saw that was the size we were looking for and Nick and I just looked at each other and said "This one is it!". Usually I like to walk around and look a bit to see if I can find a 'better' one but this one was perfect!

Hannah helped daddy cut it down.

Colson helped trim up the bottom a bit.

After we rode the tractor back and loaded the tree onto the trailer, we walked around a bit and got some hot chocolate.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

11.26.2015

There is so much to be thankful for this year!!

We hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving!!

Instagram Happenings

11.19.2015

Hannah finally lost her other front tooth. After some drama of falling and hitting her face on the floor it finally fell out. It was already very loose so hitting her face knocked it even more loose. After not even 2 days and refusing to pull it out, it fell from her face while she was sleeping.

We enjoyed one last day playing in the leaves. The weather was perfect. Now the leaves are all off of the trees and the weather is turning colder. We have a chance for snow this weekend. Yuck!

House is making slow but steady progress. I'll do another post about the house soon but we poured the driveway and porch and the electrician just finished up. Next it's the plumbers turn.

We had our first fire of the season. Like I said, the weather is turning colder so we loaded up on some firewood and had our first fire. The kids got so excited and wanted to "cuddle by the fire". :o)

Little Miss was enjoying some time without the other two kiddos. She becoming quite opinionated these days and definitely testing her boundaries. Unfortunately for her, this is not my first rodeo so she's not going to get away with much.

I may have decorated for Christmas this week and all before I host Thanksgiving at our house next Thursday. I have always waited to decorate for Christmas until after Thanksgiving but with this being our last Christmas in this house, I just wanted to enjoy it a bit more. So everything is up but our tree. We'll be getting that right after Thanksgiving.