Tree lighting..Xmas fun!

HOt chocolate and Christmas Carols... Tree lighting and Santa sightings!! Yes that was our evening of fun!

Kids Craft Christmas Ornament

Hand made search and find ornaments!  Have you Kids make some of these great decorations today!  So quick and easy to do, and they can be customized for your tree..
(found this on pinterest!  wow I love that site :))

Items needed;
Clear Ornaments (I used the oval shape plastic) glass or plastic

miniature ornaments to go inside the clear ornaments
Stuffing Beads (found in the quilting section of Michael's)
funnel
Tags to mark down the search and find lists

Step1. put in mini ornaments

Step2. fill half way with the stuffing beads

Step3. Use tags to make a list of items to find in the snow!

 you are finished!  Hang on your tree! Enjoy!

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Christmas PJ's....

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Gosh I have been offline for a while so I have to get caught up!!
Still experimenting with my camera and the tree lights!

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the same photos after a little picnik work!!!

Love it!!

Christmas Mosaic

Christmas Tradition Mosaics...

Linking up to

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Shopping at Woodburn... LOVE the huge tree!!

Ashlee says,"Look at the size of those presents!!" as soon as we get out of the car!

JOlly little decorators!!

Wow this has been so fun this year ... having TWO trees to decorate!  I have to show you how excited my kids were to decorate the LIVE tree in our family room!! Here are some shots!!

 We have had a pre-lit fake tree ever since the kids were born ...so HANGING the lights was ...lets say INTERESTING :)

 Our tree was short enough that the kids could reach almost all of it so they got to pretty much do all of that... us adults just had to even them out a little afterward :)

 Sawyer was SO excited.... he was SINGING... :O)

 what next ....what next, mom?

Looking Good kids!!! ;o)

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our LIVE tree decorated!!! yeah!

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Our Local Tree Farm!! 

Christmas Tree Hunting!

We finally did it!! This is the first year that we have been able to get a real tree with the kids for Christmas!

 Check out my "photo clone" I took out the pickup in front of us on the driveway!!

 We are Here and Ready to Tree Hunt!!

 Eric is telling the kids what size we are looking for... not too tall, not to FAT!! hehe

 This one looks nice.... and OOOOOH love love the smell!!

 we want this one!!! Chop it down!!

 This is SO exciting!!!

 TIMBER!!! ;o)

 Look at their Giddy faces carrying the tree!

 made it back to the truck all in one piece!! Now its time for some christmas shopping the the store !! and don't forget about the cookies!!

Cannot wait to get our tree home and decorated!!