Christmas Trees, First Snow and More, Cont.

***NOTE: three news posts. Please see below posts as well.

We finally bit the bullet and went and cut down our Christmas tree. We debated about just buying a fake one for the money's sake but then decided that a real one for our first Christmas together was a better idea. So, we all went to a tree farm (and it was cold and really windy) and picked out a 9 ft. tree. They cut it down for us and loaded it on our car. We drove home and spent the afternoon decorating. The girls were thrilled to have such a big tree and it was a lot of fun to do as a family. They don't really know about the presents coming and think that the tree is the main thing. Ha ha. Little do they know :)....

We also decided to switch New Years and Christmas as our family tradition. We want Christmas to focus on Christ's birth so Christmas Day will be family, a meal, church, telling the story, etc. New Years will be the day of presents and such. Think of all the discounts we'll get! :) JK.