Getting ready for Christmas!

We have had a lot of fun getting ready for Christmas! We decorated our tree a few days after Thanksgiving! I love decorating the tree! One of my favorite things is all of the ornaments that Ryan has from when he was a kiddo! ...You can't really see the whole tree in this picture, but it is a good thing that it's small because Cooper J. has pulled it over twice! Luckily he was fine & so were all of the ornaments!
I love this picture! He's such a sweet boy, and you can't help but catch his enthusiasm when we're doing fun things together!
Both of the boys tried a candy cane tootsie pop! Derek is not a big fan of candy canes- but Cooper liked it a lot!
At the beginning of the month we went to the Festival of Trees. It's this really fun event where they have tons of decorated trees, wreaths, gingerbread houses and other things like quilts and yummy treats - all for sale. It's so fun to walk around and see all of the trees; lots of them are made in memory of people who have passed away, and it is both neat and sad to see pictures of them next to the tree. One of my favorite things about the Festival of Trees though, is that all of the money they raise goes to Primary Childrens Hospital. It was neat to talk with Derek when we came home that night & tell him that the money they raise at the festival helps kids who are really sick and have to stay in the hospital. Derek loved it and asked when we were going back to the tree festival!


I know this picture is blurry, but I had to post it because I love the smile on Cooper's face!