Decorating the tree this year felt really calm. I love taking the ornaments out of the box and passing them to my girls to hang up. This year, I made felt mittens (free pattern) and have ambitions to make stockings too, but to say I have my hands full is an understatement! Maeve's branch full of all her ornaments is so cute! Maeve loves the Christmas tree, but she thinks the ornaments are toys. It's a tricky distinction.

This year, for a Christmas tree, we went to Greenbluff and cut a tree down at a tree farm. I've never been to a tree farm for a Christmas tree. We had original planned to cut down a tree from a national forest, but the ranger stations aren't open on the weekends this season which means I should've mailed in early for a permit. Right before we were going to drive out of town, I double checked and we regrouped and drove to Greenbluff. It was fun to pick out a tree and see it from every angle. I'm really happy with the beauty we chose!

Just had to snap some Sunday photos with our much loved visitors!

We felt so thankful to have Jim, Cathy and our niece, Freyja, join us for Thanksgiving this year! We had so much fun! We kept with traditional and participated in the Turkey Trot and then we ate lots and lots of food. It was a full heart kind of weekend.

And some snaps with our Muirhead crew! On a cold afternoon, we went to Ralph Klein park and played. I brought my oldest niece with me too. The kids had so much fun and stayed warm! The zip line was the crowd favorite. After all the big kids had moved on, I spent a good chunk of time putting Maeve and Theia on it! So much fun!