A Fun Christmas "Tree-dition"

One of our favorite family traditions is letting the kids decorate their own Christmas tree.  They have lots of fun hanging their crafts and special ornaments wherever they like.  On Friday, November 25th, exactly one month before Christmas, we spent the evening listening to Christmas music and watching the kids decorate their tree.  Here is the tree before:

Jonathan's favorite holiday is Christmas and he is so good at putting up the trees...ornaments and all!  He always wears his Santa hat as he's decorating.

Our *5* blessings!

The finished "Kid" Tree:

Our early Christmas present, Miss Josey Hope:

She is definitely loved by all!

What are some of your favorite Christmas Traditions?

And you shall take on the first day the fruit of splendid trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.

Leviticus 23:40

Happy Thanksgiving 2011

Josey celebrated her first Thanksgiving at 9 days old!

This cute, little outfit belongs to baby Ezra who is now one year old.  He and Josey share birthdays!

We had Thanksgiving dinner at Jonathan's Grandparents' home.

Gramps fed Josey her Thanksgiving meal.

Our 4 older ones ate at the kids' table.

I am so thankful for my family! 

Hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving!

Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power
and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
for everything in heaven and earth is yours.
Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom;
you are exalted as head over all.
Wealth and honor come from you;
you are the ruler of all things.
In your hands are strength and power
to exalt and give strength to all.
Now, our God, we give you thanks,
and praise your glorious name.
1 Chronicles 29:11-13