Our Christmas Tree Adventure

I love my husband :) He is "Mr. Christmas"! He loves Christmas ALOT...one of the many reasons I love this man. He loves everything about Christmas so he makes celebrating this time of year so fun. No Mr. Scrooge in this house!

Well, this year is extra special in that we get to celebrate Christmas for the first time in our own house! Which means...that we can finally get a Christmas tree for the first time since we have been married. It never made sense to invest in a tree that we would be leaving half of December alone in the house. Plus we have never had room for one until now anyway. So Mr. Christmas decided to make this tree getting thing a fun big deal since it is our first time.

He surprised us by getting train tickets for the family to ride a vintage train to a cut-ur-own tree lot in Fillmore! What a fabulous day! The train was decked out with lights and ornaments inside, it served snacks and hot cocoa, and even Santa came by to every kid handing out candy canes which the boys loved. The ride was so beautiful as we traveled through fields and mountains. Weston LOVED running around the trees and was fascinated by them "falling off"

( he meant falling down) when people cut them down.

Thanks Daddy for this fun surprise and such a fun memory together!

Gabe lovin the train ride

Look at this guy posing in the trees :) Can you tell he is trouble?!

It has been fun to decorate the house as well and I found this fun idea on Pinterest to display cards. They used a big frame, but I had this old window that I got for $5...I like mine better! :) So easy to make. Just attach twine to the back of a frame or whatever and clothes pin the cards.

A few friends and I got together to make these Christmas banners. We all chose different sayings. It was so fun! Easy as well. All you need is some burlap, stencils, fabric paint and ribbon.

The front room decorated for Christmas. we love the smell of a cut tree. Weston and Gabe think it is so fun to be in here now. They can barely keep their hands off the ornaments or out of the fireplace :) Weston says "No touch mommy's deco-asions" and Gabe says "uh oh" when he gets near the fireplace. They want the tree lights to be on all day and I gladly agree! If you look closely you can see Gabe scooting around on the floor.

We have also been having fun teaching Weston about Christmas this year since he can grasp a bit more than last year. Although half the time he thinks baby Jesus is baby David

(he really likes David and his sheep)...so funny!