We are in the Christmas Spirit!!! On Friday, Matthew hauled down my Christmas decorations and Ashlyn had a blast setting up the nativity scene!!!
I could barely hold myself back this year from decorating for Christmas! I wanted to do this weeks ago and hung on for dear life until Thanksgiving Day was past! I love the Thanksgiving Season so much but I couldn't wait to roll over into the Christmas season!!!
So, here we are now decorating the house! I was babysitting Colson and Warron for the day to so things didn't go too fast and I worked around the boys toys! :)
Ashlyn had a cute time putting ornaments on this tiny tree!
The house looked a fright but we had it in tack by supper time!!! The autumn décor got boxed up and the ornaments and deer and glittery trees were put on display!!! I still have fresh greens to add here and there but just didn't get to it yet!
On Saturday, Mike was home and we decided to check out Elizabeth Tree Farm. Cousin Anne suggested this experience and I am SO GLAD we decided to go! The whole afternoon was a blast and we would totally do this again!!!
We started out by getting on an open wagon that horses pulled and they drove us out to an open Christmas Tree farmland!
They dropped us off and said to go grab a hand saw!
I don't ever go to places or do things like this without my camera strapped over my shoulder and boy am I happy with our photos from the day!!! Like Hadassah said, "Mom makes a photo session out of everything!" She's right. I'm not ashamed of that! It documents that we do things as a family and some day the kids will love to look back at these and 'remember'!
She kept going from tree to tree saying, "Nope, not perfect. Nope, not perfect."
Austin sawed. Ashlyn sawed.
And even though Hadassah is right and I take pictures of these kinds of events, she loves every bit of it!
We tagged our tree and then a tractor came to pick it up for us! This was so much fun!!!
The tractor took our tree to the horse wagon and then we hopped on it and went back to the farmhouse. But first, we had do take some more photo's!!!
I asked Mike to make the kids laugh from behind me and then suddenly he took off right in front of the camera!!! Total photo bomb here!!! :)))
They are growing right before my eyes!!!
Heading back to the wagon!
We rode back on the wagon with our tree and when they went to measure it and price it … it was 9 1/2 feet tall!!!!!!!!!!!! Now, we don't have room in our house for a nine and a half foot tree so they had to cut it down to seven feet but we stilled paid for a nine foot tree!!! I made a mental note for the next time!!!
The farms barn was filled with a Christmas gift shop and free hot chocolate. It also had a train display, Santa Claus and pretty lights!
We bought some soft pretzels and roasted peanuts there on the farm and then strapped the tree down just as it was starting to rain!!!
Because they wrapped up the tree in a tight rope, it was much easier to bring inside! There wasn't near the dirt and drag of pine needles all the way inside! Mike and I put on the lights and the kids put on the ornaments!!!
And then the star!!!
We really had the time of our lives doing it this way this year!!! I think we have started a new tradition and we will be doing this again!!! Going to a tree farm and experiencing all the sights and smells are top on my list and we hit a grand slam with it all this past Saturday!!!
The house now smells from fresh pine! It's filled with glittery ornaments. The star is shining from on top of the tree! I don't have any presents wrapped yet but they will go under the tree one of these days!!!
We are so blessed and a day like this is just another reason why I love this season the best of all!!! It's the extra family events and time that makes it so special!!!!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!
