Lollipops Tree

 I've enjoyed the past few years having my lollipop tree! It's a little white tree that we decorate with lollipops and candy type decorations. The girls usually help me put it up and we have a good time putting it up and then filling it with presents underneath just for them!

They were pretty proud of how it turned out!

Christmas is so fun with grandkids, isn't it? I love how they watch the light and get excited every time they see lights on the road. They watch our city come alive with sparkle!

But sometimes all that activity and sparkle can get the best of you! Like it did for Azariah🙂

So what do we do at times like this? Eat a good snack. Take a good nap And wake up refreshed and renewed and ready for Christmas again 🙂
 

Trimming our tree

 We love it when it's time to get together and decorate our Christmas tree!

I love how we all get involved and are pretty passionate about how things should look.

This year was Micah's turn to choose the theme of the tree. We always add all of our family ornaments, but we let one person choose the main color scheme for the balls that go on the tree. Through the years we've collected quite a collection and have a big bin full of many many colors.

This year Micah chose to go with red, green, and gold. Very traditional and very beautiful!

 

Christmas at Storybook Farms

We've had so much fun around here for Christmas!  We've had baby bunnies born!
 

We've tried to stay warm as temperatures have turned cooler for as Floridians!

We had baby goats born too!

We had fun posing them under the tree!

We enjoyed cuddles,

And snuggles ,

And even had time to make a few new goat's milk lotion scents.

It was a great Christmas around here!

Black Friday

I LOVE Black Friday shopping with my girls! We get up before dawn, get coffee, and shop, shop, shop!!

 This year Callie and Brenna even met up with us! I love this time of year and love time with my girls!!

All decorated

 Thanksgiving evening is one of my favorite nights of the year! After we clean up all of our turkey mess and put away all of our pilgrims, we get out the tree and all of our Christmas decorations and begin decking the Halls!

I feel like after 30 years of marriage we have quite a great collection!

I love how everyone gets involved!

This year it was Micah's turn to choose the theme of the tree and he chose gold, red, and green. Very traditional and very beautiful! I was super happy to still find an army guy stuck in the tree. This has been Silas's tradition ever since he was a toddler and loved watching Toy Story. I can't imagine a Christmas Tree without some army guys hidden in it. 

And then I got to top the tree with the star. This time it was a little star which made us giggle.

 So beautiful and so festive. I just love it! Lots of memories made here for sure.

Thanksgiving Day!

 wow! I'm behind on my posting! But I'm getting there! 

Thanksgiving was  wonderful! We set up our table the night before. It's always fun to move around the furniture to fit an extra table!

That morning we play games and cook together.

We are so blessed to be joined by family and friends this Thanksgiving!

As you can see my boys are really getting taller!

We enjoy sitting around and talking, especially about how good God has been to us!

See what I mean?

Then Patrick carves the turkeys. I always make a turkey and Tabitha always makes one too. She's so sweet! She always wants to make sure that we have plenty of leftovers. She has a third turkey roasting at her house so that their family will have left overs too. She's amazing like that! The best daughter-in-law ever!

And then we start filling our plates!

 After we sit down we go around the table sharing Scripture and talk about what we are thankful for. I know I took a picture of all of us around the table but now I cannot find it! But I know it was a good day and we enjoyed one another. God has been so good. We are so blessed!!

What do you do the night before Thanksgiving?

 You go on a hayride of course! Hay is optional 🙂

You giggle and laugh as you bump along the road.

You enjoy the cooler temperatures!

 And make memories all along the way!