Christmas is coming!

Wow, it's been a while since I posted! We've been in the hustle and bustle of the holidays. The kids had their last day of school yesterday and we are all very excited to have two weeks off. Here's some pics of our tree and Papa and Grandma Glaser's visit.


We joined 4 other families to hunt for Christmas trees this year.


The kids got tired...we hiked for at least an hour.


We took breaks to play.


We finally found it. I know, it's a far cry from Washington trees, but we like to cut our own down...so we get a Colorado Christmas tree.


The boys helped cut it down




The decorating begins!


We waited until my parents got into town to decorate the tree. They helped the boys string popcorn.


And decorate the tree.


You've got to really concentrate to get the ornaments in just the right place!


It was Nate's turn to put the star on the tree


Thanks Papa and Grandma for helping us!


What a beautiful Colorado Christmas tree!


Elly loved her bell ornament


She told everyone to plug their ears, then she'd ring it.


My parents brought their dog, Cocoa, a minature Datson along. The kids loved taking care and playing with her.


Our last night, we had a movie night watching Home Alone.


It'd been a while since Papa saw it and he laughed just as hard as the boys!


We had a great time with Grandma and Papa Glaser.

They left a week ago and since then we've had the boys last week of school, making teacher gifts, making almond roca for Sam to take to potential clients and finishing up our Christmas shopping. Sam is on a date with Mac this morning (Mac wanted a breakfast date at McDonalds) and he took Nate to an Eagles hockey game last night. I've found that no matter how hard you try to get ahead, it's still gets busy this time of year. I don't mind it though...as long as we keep our focus on celebrating Christ's birth through the midst of all of it.