Deck the Halls!

The past week and a half we have been decorating for Christmas around our house. Isaac has has such a ball helping me get ready. Every year I have a hard time remembering where I put everything, so I thought it might be helpful if I took some pictures to refer back to. This is my most prized Christmas decoration. My Tutu(grandmother), who passed away when I was three years old made this tree. She actually made two of them. There was a list of my aunts who wanted these when my Grandpa died. Lucky for me, a few years before he passed away, my Grandpa gave one to me. My Tutu was very talented in anything artistic and used old buttons and jewelry to make this tree. It is strung with lights, but I think it looks better with them off. With it being so old, it's hard to believe that this is also my most complimented decoration.

This is a project that I almost wish I had never taken on. I found this cute idea from my friend Emily's craft blog.(http://www.creativeholidaygiftideas.blogspot.com/) I thought it was so cute, so I made one. Well, Isaac loved it, since he always wants to play with my nativity. I thought it was a great help teaching him about the true meaning of Christmas. I also thought it would be fun to share it with my friends in my ward. I put out a sign up sheet and thought I might have 10-12 people sign up. Oh no, I had 40! So after 30 2x4's cut into 520 blocks and a 3 1/2 hour class, it is done.

This is our advent calender. Our resident "elf" Twinkle Toes, that lives at our house and reports to Santa, leaves the kids treats each morning provided they are good.

Isaac decorating his tree in his toy room.

Helping with my tree.