This past weekend we had the joy of hunting down the perfect Christmas tree. Every year my family has devoted a weekend to finding and decorating our tree. It's been a fun tradition for as long as I can remember and I look forward to continuing it for Jacob. We all packed up in the car with coordinating hats and scarfs that my mom bought for us, and headed to a Christmas tree farm close to where we live. This year we accomplished finding the right tree in record time. It took us only about 15 minutes to find our tree. That time is pretty impressive since it normally takes about an hour for everyone to decide on the right tree. While my family went searching for theirs, Mike and I found the perfect little 8 foot tree that now looks absolutely gorgeous in our living room. We cut it down, but not before taking a family picture with it, and headed home. After putting our tree up in the garage we headed over to my families house and helped them decorate their tree and house followed by a yummy dinner and a holiday movie marathon (Elf and It's a Wonderful Life). We had a wonderful time and are so blessed to have family living so close.
Joanna and the family dog Lily!
Aunt Jackie and Jacob in his Mickey santa hat!
Jacob getting smothered by his Aunties Julianne and Jackie.
My sister Jackie and her husband Jordan.
All my sisters!
Granddad and Jacob
Sunday, after church, we brought our tree inside and spent the afternoon decorating it. When Jacob wasn't napping or eating we placed him in his bouncy seat in front of the Christmas tree. He was mesmerized by the lights and also enjoyed watching Daddy unwrap all the different ornaments and show them to him. We decided that he likes all the ones that have smiles on the ornaments because of the smiling and laughing he did when Mike showed him those. I love this time of year and the reminder it is of a Lord and Saviour who loves us dearly as well as the importance and joy of our families. We pray that you are all enjoying preparing your homes and hearts for the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. 
Merry Christmas!
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