Decorating the tree

As soon as Thanksgiving dinner is over, the boys are itchin' to get a Christmas tree and decorate it.  Noah is so fun this year! He loves everything about Christmas.  My favorite is when he comes upstairs first thing in the morning and wants to snuggle on my lap and watch the Christmas lights "dancing" on the tree.
 As soon as we got home from Boise, we got our tree.  Chases' job is to set it up, I am in charge of stringing the lights and then the boys are turned loose on hanging the ornaments!  That last step has been challenging for me in years past, as I have always wanted a "Perfect" Martha Stewart worthy tree.  But to see the joy and excitement on their little faces as they are hanging their ornaments just-so is so much more precious to me than any "perfect" tree would be.

Thanksgiving 2012....late.

Arghh! Why am I always playing catch-up?!  To my credit, this time it wasn't completely my fault. I have been without a computer for almost 4 weeks! Do you know how frustrating that is?  Try homeschooling without a computer.....HAHAHAHAHA!  Anyways, we spent Thanksgiving in Boise at Chase's sister/brother-in-laws home.  It was a really great week.   Here are a few pictures I managed to snap of the boys making pudding pies with their Auntie Hailey...