Christmas Tree :)

A few weeks ago Stewart and I went and cut our own Christmas tree. This is the first time I have ever done this, and I will admit I wasn't to excited about it at first.
Cutting down a tree has been an argument in our house for the past few Christmases. I never wanted to do this because I was afraid we would cut down some poor animals house, or we would bring home a whole bunch of bugs into our house. Stewart has bugged me to do this and I finally gave in this year. We did have fun together and it was nice to get out in the fresh air. I think our tree is really cute. We did get one that was a little to tall, 13 feet high, and we had to cut 3 feet off. I was pretty excited to get one that had pine cones on it, it looks really cool with the lights and pine cones.
I did have fun, but I am not convinced yet to do this every year.



Penny REALLY likes our tree. She sleeps under the tree all the time!!!

Stewart is dragging the tree to the truck. Stewart thought this was the best part because he felt like we were pioneers. This was NOT my favorite part.

Here is Stewart cutting the tree down.

Happy Holidays :)

I love this time of the year. I love the weather changing and decorating for the seasons.
School is continuing to keep me busy. For Thanksgiving we had an Indian feast. The students studied different Indian tribes in Idaho and then presented their reports. After their reports they made vests from brown paper bags and decorated them with Indian symbols, and played Indian games. They also got to make butter. We then had a huge feast. I was pretty shocked at how much food parents brought for it. The students we so excited and kept saying they were lucky because they were able to have two Thanksgivings.
I hosted my first Thanksgiving this year. My parents came down and spent Thanksgiving with us. They decided to come to us because my brother and I both live here, and my mom stated I needed to host one in our new home. I will admit I didn't really cook that much because my mom did most of it. But I did stuff the turkey and set the table!! Stewart and I had a great time, and it was nice staying home this year.
Stewart has been working a lot and is the new 11 year old boy scout leader. He is having a lot of fun with his new calling. He is really good at it and the boys are pretty cute.