We spent the afternoon decorating the Christmas tree and doing a little decorating. It was probably the last warmish day of the season, so I talked Jon into getting the outside lights up, too. They turned out nice and I can't wait to drive up to them tomorrow (:

Here is Alaina getting all the stuff ready!


Here Sawyer is "helping" get stuff ready, too.What, mom? I'm helping!

The kids each have their own box of ornaments they have gotten over the years, so I love hearing them remember each ornament, who gave it to them or when they made it themselves. It is fun to reminisce each year and they get so excited putting their own up. I try to buy them an ornament each year that reflects what they were interested in.


Sawyer did great placing his ornaments on the tree. He also did great taking them off, too! It is going to be a long season (:
Here 's the tree! It turned out beautiful even though you can't really tell in this picture.
I was tired of cleaning up after Sawyer terrorizing our tree, so I put him in this chair in the family room and told him to sit and stay. He knew he was in trouble and sat their so adorably! It was hard to stay mad for too long.
Notice the two nativity scenes-one for me and one for the kids to play with. My mom made the wooden one for us a few years back and the kids love setting it up and playing with it-so cute! Surprise, surprise Sawyer could care less about it and only wants the glass ones on top-sigh.....
My favorite spot is our fireplace. It looks so cozy and I can't wait to start lighting fires soon! It was sad not being able to hang up Troopers stocking this year.
I took many pictures trying to get a good pic of the kids in front of the tree and yes this was the best one!Hope everyone had a great weekend!