Tis' the Season

Loving the sounds and smells of the holidays...

Yesterday, was our traditional 'choice of tree' day in Anderson. Although we had gotten live trees before Chloe was born, we made it an official tradition her first Christmas to always go together the day after Thanksgiving to choose our tree! It is amazing to see how grown she is this year, as her height is half way up the tree now :(

We began decking the halls last night and finished up this morning... I love to decorate my mantle! Shannon's favorite part is placing nick knacks here and there! One of the cutest finds this year when shopping were some little owl wash clothes for the bathroom. How cute!!!

We love white lights, but Chloe loves them all, so she has her own little tree that she decorates in her room!! After placing the while lights, we have several ornaments we have collected over the 13 years we have been together. I finish the tree with some gold and red sparkly ribbon garland.

BEFORE...

DURING...

AFTER...

During our tree decorating, Chloe disappeared in her room for a moment, came back with a costume that she had pieced together. She says, "Hello, My name is Mary, and this is my baby Jesus!" She then knelt by the tree and bowed her head as if to pray... She never ceases to amaze us! We were so tickled by her actions!! Just precious!

(my sweater on her head, her Snow White dress on, and Snoopy with Clemson Tiger shorts, as Jesus...LOL)

Later, she was worn out from decorating the big tree, so waited a while before taking on her own tree:

Family time like this is like no other... I pray for many, many more times like these:) Blessed in so many ways...