our christmas tree!

jeff and i have always loved getting real trees for christmas.  the smell, the feel, the "realness" of it - we love it all.  so this year i started asking around for the best place to get a tree.  in louisville, we had this little nursery right down the road from our apartment that we always went to get a tree. we never did the whole "cut down your own" because the only place we knew about that you could do that was like an hour away. but it was sort of our own tradition to go to this little nursery and pick out a tree and drive the short way home.
this year we heard about a tree farm really close to where we live and so we decided to do it! we went this past saturday and cut our own christmas tree for the first time. so fun!

malachi was such a trooper!

jeff got really into it and had to find the "perfect" tree

malachi and i entertained ourselves while jeff hunted ;)

we did end up finding a tree - a very BIG tree! the biggest we've ever gotten! i guess we'll have to remember next year that the tree looks much bigger in your house than it does in the field.  ha!

when we got home we got the tree in the stand and then guess what showed up in the mail?? malachi's first christmas ornament! all the way from wales, uk. what perfect timing! it went on the tree before anything else!

we finally were able to decorate it last night and i think it looks great - big but great!

we were trying to get a family pic in front of the tree but it didn't work so well. oh well! it's a cute picture anyway!

and just for fun... ;)

i hope your christmas season is starting wonderfully!

love from the mixon house!