tree huntin'

 last weekend we welcome the newest member to our family for the holiday season....our Christmas tree!
C has been counting down to this day for months. He woke up & shouted, "today is Christmas tree day!" & he managed to tell everyone that all morning!

 The Ray's 2010 

 K got to ride a horse! She  loved it. 

L.E.D. lights this year.....still not sure about them. its that blue hue. its too space-age-y for me. 

i don't know if saving a couple bucks is worth having that untraditional blue hue glowing.

C demanded that we decorate the whole house straight away. the tree up = decorate! 

'Tis the season!

snow day.

a couple weeks ago we had a teensy bit of snow fall! it was super exciting! 

C was beyond excited and couldn't wait to get out and play, regardless of how little snow we got! but hey, we'll take whatever we get, right?! :) 

the sister getting her gear on all by herself. 

put 'em to work! 

hahaha....she looks like a pink marshmallow.

how 'bout lets make a snow angel?! 

{deck the halls}

the holiday decor is going up around here.....

new nativity scene for the kids to learn about the birth of Jesus. Its fantastic! Its from Playmobil & the kids love it. In fact, C makes the angel "fly" by tossing is across the room! 

this year i am kind diggin' a cozy, cabin-y, ski lodge-y like theme for my decor. i am going to attempt to make my own sweater pillows {like these} from some old ones of mine. {see, keeping stuff around is good & handy! you never know when a crafty project might come up!} 

have you begun to deck your halls yet?
any particular theme or color style you dress your house up in for the holidays?

{its December?}

how did that happen?

seriously.

it seemed like summer whizzed by, followed quickly by fall. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzooooooooooooooooom.

gone. 

the summer was packed with lots of photography, which was great! we got to meet a lot of new people and capture some great moments. you can catch up & read about it here.

the fall was lovely. the colors. so vibrant. ok, so the fall here is so short lived, but its wonderful. 

i am so glad i shot these photos of the kids when i did. b/c the next week. all those gorgeous leaves, gone. all gone. 

i turned a significant # in years this fall. my birthday celebration was fab. so far, the new # is great. no complaints here. ;)

now its time for the holidays. our Thanksgiving was good. we were low key this year. lounged in sweats. my mom, sis & i cooked up a storm. a few extra guests joined us this year. unwanted guests. teeny-tiny buggers. head lice. yep. C got 'em. so we were forced to stay in & pick out bugs, wash load after load after load. ugh. a week later, & the buggers are still around. go away! 

C is really into Christmas this year. He had a count down to Thanksgiving & even begged for some holiday decor up before then.....but the day after turkey day, meant no holding back! Christmas lights must go up! Christmas decor, must go up! Next up, our tree....which we aren't getting until this weekend! 

So sorry for allowing massive amount of time pass before I updated this thing! Promise to be better at it!

besos.

k