Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving weekend was a much welcomed few days together as a family. Mike played football with the ward and we had a great Thanksgiving dinner with our friends. I love Thanksgiving because it's a holiday where take time to reflect about all that we are grateful for. This year we have been blessed abundantly and it was sweet to consider all the blessings we've been given.
After all the eating was over we spent the rest of the weekend getting our house ready for Christmas. Friday, we bundled up and headed out to a tree farm to cut down our Christmas tree! We rode out to the farm on a tractor with other tree choppers (much to Andrew's delight) and everyone thought we were nuts for dragging our kiddos out for the occasion. Andrew loved tromping around looking for trees! Once home, we got our tree all set up and put all kiddos to bed. Saturday we decorated the tree and Andrew was in heaven! he would get ornaments off the table and find a spot on the tree for them and then excitedly run back for more!
Unfortunately, Sunday morning at 5:45 a.m. we woke up to a crash! Our tree tipped over! Ha! We had noticed the night before that it wasn't real steady, but Mike just said not to lay the babies underneath it! We realized that our tree stand isn't meant for a nine foot tree! Ha ha! We stood it up and tied it to the wall with fishing string with full intentions to get a new stand, but then we thought of all the work involved and just decided to leave the tree how it is! Classic!
We LOVE our Christmas tree! Andrew rearranges the ornaments for us and loves it when we turn the lights on. Our home feels so cozy- we love this time of year!