the very most wonderful time

it really is. i love it, everything about it, the decorations, the music, the shopping, the smells, the food, the wrapping of presents, the crowded stores, the family gatherings, the endless searches for the perfect gift. every bit of it i love.  we got our decor out and our tree up a week or so a go. okay, i got the decor out the day after halloween which is also the same day i started listening to christmas music. i figure if target can do it so can i.=) here is some of our holiday cheer....

{our tree hunt}

 {our tree find. i love our tree to be perfectly imperfect. i like it spacey and a little uneven and to look like it was last tree picked from the lot.}

 {waiting for markus to chop it down.}

 {mad was going to just karate chop it down but he got tired.;)}

 {my frosty little lovers <3}

 {the boys are so proud of the tree they decorated. we love to just hang out by it and i will most certainly cry the day we take it down.}

 {my very favorite christmas decoration. it was made for my mom by my aunt becky, who passed away almost 10 years a go. she made my mom something every year for christmas before she passed and my mom has started to pass those things down to us. i love my puzzle nativity, it is truly one of my most precious possessions.}

 {to get the boys in the holiday spirit...as if they needed it.;)}

 {he was so darling putting his tree together. he is done here and told me all the pieces on the table were just extras.;)}

{we went looking for moose the other day and mad had saved his picture he colored a few days earlier and said, "if you think you see a moose just let me know and i'll tell you if you're right because i have a picture of it." haha! we didn't see any that day but we saw 3 the week before.=)}

{someone in murray goes to a lot of trouble to sync his christmas lights to music and we are glad he does. the boys loved the faces on the trees.}