Christmas at last!

We spent Christmas this year in Ohio with Leisa's family, wishing for snow but it was never delivered.....the following pictures kindof tell a story in itself....!

The Boys playing video games while Becky tries to catch up from Jet Lag

Jacob's unexpected Wii


Go Bucks!

Trying to guess what it is before opening it up

Zach's continuous grin everywhere he went

Mom and dad trying to read to Zach

Zach's first Christmas opening presents

Dad's gift from Melanie

The boys step in behind for a little fun!

Leisa's parents

Peter and Melanie

Poser

Mom and her Lady

Mom trying on Beckys hat walking around like a model..love it!

The Fam

The REAL Fam

My wonderful husband, Jacob

Jacob and I had a wonderful Christmas and wish you the choicest blessings this upcoming year!

NEW TRADITION!!!!!!!!!!

So completely and utterly by accident Jacob and I wandered into a Christmas tree farm! We intentionally were looking for a Christmas tree but were so excited to find out that you can actually pick your tree out of four different kinds of trees and get any height for the same price!!!!!!!!!!So here is our little adventure......(sorry for the cell phone pics)

The Christmas Tree Farm

Jacob with our perfect tree

Cutting the tree...we realized later we should have cut it a little lower to the ground..we have a little tree leanage now.......:), oh well! )

Dragging the tree back (notice how I am avoiding being in the pictures)

Then they shake the tree loose of all debris and then bag it for you! Love it!

Tying the tree on!

This pig made us laugh so hard it loved jacob petting it like a dog and wouldn't stop following us!

Ahhh! The finished product!!!!!

MORE MORE MORE

Time simply has to pass quickly sometimes, sometimes for our survival, sometimes to look to new things, and sometimes so that we can just simply love the ones we are with and look brightly to the future ahead of us. We have definitly been down those roads of trials lately but are so thankful for your prayers. We have gained new strength and hope, and joy.

Ultimately that is what we seek to obtain anyway, isnt it?

After an emotionally exhausting month Jacob came home from work where he whisked me away for a relaxing weekend. It was just what we needed time to enjoy doing nothing! He had the whole weekend planned with things right off our list of "someday we will...." it was perfect of course.

A couple of weeks later we met my parents up in Gatlinburg , TN and spent the day sightseeing the smoky mountains along with everything else it had to offer! It was so good to see them and spend time with them in such a beautiful and fun place!

And then most recently we spent an incredible Thanksgiving at Jacobs family's house. It was full of his family and wonderful food! It was so fun to be all together again. The only downer is that somehow our camera was forgotten and we were not able to get pictures of the day!
So that is all until Christmas I suppose! Merry Christmas!