Getting Ready For Christmas!

This year, Eriks and I decided to cut down our own Christmas tree!  I was so excited!  Every year his family goes up to this tree farm up on Skyline to get their Christmas tree.  We originally decided that we would just help cut the family tree and then just stop and pick one up for ourselves on the way home.  When the day came though be both decided to just go for it and cut one down ourselves.  (I think we have created a new tradition)

Looking for the Family Tree

We found it!

Ron and Eriks cutting it down

We officially have a tree!

Carrying it to the car

Making it perfect

Trying to get the tree on top of the car

We got it!  Yay!  Go us!

Off to find our tree!

We found it!

Cutting it down

We are AWESOME!  (If I do say so myself)

We put it in Indra's car.  Poor Ron didn't have much room :)

After paying for the trees, we all headed to Lauma's house to put up the family Christmas tree and to decorate the house for Christmas.  We all had so much fun.  We ate treats and drank hot cocoa while we feastivated (yes that is a new word that I just made up).

Indra getting the hot cocoa ready

Getting the tree up

Aivars and Eriks putting the star on top

Decorating the house

Beautiful!

After the big house was all done, Eriks and I took our tree home to decorate our home. We didn't take any pictures while decorating, because we were having too much fun, but here is the final result.