first, thanksgiving. i'm so thankful for our family. this year we spent thanksgiving with my side of the family at my grandmother's house. everyone contributed to the preparation of a fantastic meal and we had a wonderful time.
the day after thanksgiving we skipped the crowds at the mall. usually black Friday is one of my favorite shopping days of the year. i love to get up early, shower and dress up in a festive holiday sweater and scarf, and hit the mall stopping only for starbucks to fuel my way through the madness of materialism that is our modern christmas season. i love the energy of the mall on black Friday. i love to see all the christmas decorations. i love to shop the "bargains". i love to see the families in line for santa in their holiday finery. as much as i look forward to that day every year, this year spending time with my boys seemed like it would be so much more fun and IT WAS! we just lounged around our house all day and enjoyed each other's company. jonas is getting to be so much fun and it brings me such joy to watch micah watching him. that night we had some friends over and rather than going out as we might typically do, i took advantage of my time at home to prepare a delicious meal and a yummy pie for dessert. this was the second pie that i've EVER made for Micah (that's another story). we had a wonderful time catching up.
saturday we watched the civil war game. F-U-N. go ducks.
today, perhaps my favorite day of all, we went to the christmas tree farm. my family has gone to the same farm since my sisters and i were all little girls. there are acres of gorgeous trees, a pond with geese you can feed, a cocoa shed and fire pit, and of course a gift shop where Santa sits outside in his sleigh distributing candy canes and taking holiday orders from little ones. this year the weather was terrific, andy and lisa joined us and we all found our perfect trees, we watched the ducks and geese while we sipped cocoa and enjoyed the fire, and jonas met Santa for the first time.
for me, this is what the holidays are all about: family, festivities, and first and foremost remembering His birth and the blessings He's bestowed upon us.
4 comments:
We are gonna get our tree this coming weekend...and I would love the name of the Christmas tree farm you guys go to, it sounds awesome!
Thanks for inviting us along, we had a great time! The first picture of Jonas reminds me of what Micah would do while waiting for Turkey curry! ;)
jonas so looks like bam bam with the bone in his grip =)
What a beautiful family! I had some catching up to do on your blog..and loved it- you're such a fun writer. Did you have an ok turn out for the cookie exchange? Hope to see you thursday evening!?
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