Our Christmas Tree Disasters

For many years, we have had 2 trees. We have a fake tree that is about 5 feet tall that the kids get to do what ever they would like to. All of their cute little homemade ornaments are on it. I love to see the pictures of them on it and see how they have grown. A smaller tree with a one year old is not the greatest. The first night that we decorated it, she pulled it over. She did it again the next day. After taking a picture we cleaned up the mess and tried to fix it. I think that she learned her lesson and has left it alone since. We always get a real tree. This year is our first Christmas in our new house. We have very high ceilings in the living room and 17 foot ceilings in the dining room. Our thinking was WE CAN HAVE A REALLY BIG TREE THIS YEAR. We found a tree that is 9 1/2 feet and we paid a grand total of $24.99 for it. What a deal! We set it up on Saturday night with hopes to decorate it the next day. We ended up going over to grandma and grandpa's on Sunday to watch the Christmas Broadcast. We ended up decorating it on Monday before we went for a drive down Candy Cane Lane. We had a great family home evening. Some how the cat ended up inside (she's an out door cat because she can be a bad kitty sometimes), she must of climbed up the tree and knocked it over. I heard a little noise, latter I was up and found the cat snuggled up to Bailey in her bed. I threw the cat outside and woke up this morning to a knocked over Christmas tree. Parker and I have since repaired it. I just thought it was funny! We will see if we have any more Christmas Tree disasters before Christmas -- 16 days to go.

I love these kidos!


Addy is very interested in the tree.
It is going to be a long few weeks!



A Natural Disaster of a One Year Old....

We have a one year old on our hands!

Addy has learned how to climb. Yesterday I walked into the boys' room and guess who figured out how to climb the bunk bed. She was so proud of herself not knowing that she was about to plunge off of it, most likely falling on her head. Not very safe Addy! She refuses to walk. Who needs to walk when you can get into danger.

A Thanksgiving Feast.

We really had a feast for thanksgiving. We had so much food. It was the first time for us to host thanksgiving dinner. We had a ton of fun. Tom was a huge help. I couldn't of done it with out him. We had 23 people. I didn't know if we all could fit in our house, but it turned out well. Thanks to everyone who helped with the food. We made 2 turkeys and they were both very good. Tom's deep fried turkey was the hit of the day.

The Bird

Grandpa is ready to eat!

Bailey and Krista

Bring it on

Addy and Nana

Adelyn's first thanksgiving. I was so grateful that I was not pregnant for thanksgiving. I actually had room for the food.

Parker and Cody

Madison

Ashely, Celine, and Bailey with Taylor at the end.

He's excited

This is where the kids found the camera. Poor cat!

Adelyn's Birthday Party

Thanks Grandma for the cake.

Dig In!!

The Final Mess... Not to bad.
This present was more for me than her.

It is sooo cute!

She had to read all of her cards.

My Little Princess is ONE!

A year has flashed before my eyes. It has flown by. This little baby is such a blessing in my life. She brings so much joy. From day one, she has been a wonderful baby. She is almost always smiling. I am grateful for Heavenly Father and his confidence in me to be a mother to such an amazing little spirit. Happy Birthday Addy!

Halloween

These are some pictures of Halloween. We were the Addam's Family : Tom - Gomez, Melissa- Morticia, Bailey- Wednesday, Taylor - Uncle Fester, Parker - Cousin It, and Adelyn - A Cute Little Spider.