Christmas Tree Farm

One of my favorite Christmas things to do here in West Tennessee is to go to the Christmas tree farm. We go out of town to a little family owned and run farm. They take you by horse drawn cart or tracker pulled cart to where the trees are. You walk around and find your own tree. Then they cut it down and you ride back up the a little cabin for hot cocoa or cider while they shake your tree, bind it up and tie it to your car for you. It's great!

I will try to get some pictures of the girls by the decorated tree in the house. Umma and Babu arrived yesterday so the tree is surrounded by presents now. Kara, David and the boys fly in tomarrow afternoon, we can't wait!

Christmas is coming!!!

Gingerbread House

What could be more fun to pull out of a box than a beautiful gingerbread house!?! We have had so much fun looking at this house... the girls are anxiously waiting for Mom rip off the plastic and let them tear into the candy house. I just can't do it yet though, it's way to cute! Maybe Christmas Eve:)

The house even has Bustrum above the door... how fun!

Thanks Aunt Joy- we love it!!!

We WON!

Last week, Mark called into a local radio station and won us tickets to the Third Day/Jars of Clay Christmas concert. I felt a little bad going because we were going to miss our small group Christmas party. But all the ladies assured me that free concert tickets were a valid excuse. Not to mention that Letha is living with us right now and offered free babysitting. No way we could pass that up.
I love going to concert so I was excited. The bands did not disappoint, it was great!
Mark and I had so much fun! Jars of Clay opened with all Christmas songs, and then Third Day did half Christmas/ half their songs. The best part was at the very end the bands sang together. They did two of my favorites- Love Song for a Savior and Just to Be With You- only the lead singer of the other band sang the other bands song- it was a little medley of the two songs together- very fun!

And no, we are not all caught up yet- we still have getting a gingerbread house from Aunt Joy, getting and decorating the Christmas tree to post... we'll try to get it all in before Christmas.

Of course we have a video...

The big minute!

Christmas Pageant

We made it home in time!!!

The whole week we were gone our big hope was that our flights home would be on time and so that we could make it back in time to see Sahara and Bria dance in their Christmas pageant. Our flights were not only on time... but early. We got back in plenty of time! We got to see our two angels dance!!!

Cookie Time

I have decided that Christmas cookie making is best done with Aunties...

Aunties think that the mess is cute. (Mommy would have kept the mess to a minimum thus squashing all the creativity.)

The girls made a whole bunch of very cute very yummy cookies. And saved a plate special for Mommy and Daddy when we got home!

Back Home

I am way behind... Mark and I spent the last week in Virginia and Letha was here with the girls. It was a very busy week for everyone and lots of pictures need to be posted so I will just start back and work our way to catch up.

On Tuesday the girls sang with their Children's Chorus in the Union Christmas program. Heidi took Tirza for a little girl's night out- ice cream, shopping, back home for popcorn and movies:) So Letha was able to get some pictures and video of the girls singing.