Decorating the tree

Here's some photos from our night of decorating the tree.

David showed Madie her 1st Christmas ornament and she fell in love with it. It's a baby in a cradle, so the entire night she held it and rocked it and talked to it. She even wanted to sleep with it. the next morning she woke up said Hey to David then me then ran to the tree screaming "Oh Poppy, oh Poppy...I missed you!" Then later that day she broke it.

Caleb tried to put the angel on the tree....after watching the video I thought we looked like a joke: how many people does it take to put an angel on a tree?!! I like the way he tried to use David's head to help him!

The tree looks great though, I'll have more picture later of the lights on the outside of our house!

Christmas Tree Cutting '09

Every year we go down to Worthington's Tree farm and cut a real Christmas tree. It's a tradition David's family started and we are carrying it on. This year we got two trees, on for inside and one for the play house!

Madie occupied herself with "hugging" the trees while the kids searched for just the right one to cut down.

We tried to let Elizabeth and Caleb cut the tree down themselves, but it was just a little too hard.

Then the kids favorite part....jumping from the hay stack. (Madie slid down instead) Every year they can't wait to leap off the top and fly through the air. And every year they get home and are super soar the next morning!

I also tried to capture a picture of all 4 in hopes one might work for our Christmas photo cards.....alas, no luck!

Play House

Here's the framework for the kids Christmas present from David and I, their very own play house. Tall enough and big enough to accommodate all 4 of our children for many years, and can be disassembled and moved when we move, since our real house won't accommodate all of us for much longer! We'll have more pictures later once all the walls and roof is put on.

potty training with Madie

Madie likes to take her time when going potty...she sits on the potty and talks or plays. We tell her over and over again to go pee pee and she replies "I know mommy" then continues talking or daydreaming or playing or anything other then actually using the bathroom!!!

On this day however she decided to get a bit creative with her panties, oh to be Two again!

Nice reminder

So I'm out and about running errands. Then a get behind this truck, it says "tree of Life" what a nice reminder. To follow the Tree of Life. Amidst shopping for the month and going to the bank God reminds me to always follow Him first.
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