The Christmas Season is Upon Us!!!

Christmas is almost here!  We have been busy decorating the apartment and getting ready for the holiday season. We have candles, pine cones, Christmas greenery, and even our very own Charlie Brown Christmas tree! 

We found it!

Searching...

Last weekend we hiked out into the mountains in search of a good and sincere tree.  After a little looking we finally found the one for us and cut it down with our kitchen knife.  Then began the long journey to get our tree home without anyone questioning us.  Everytime we would see other hikers coming we would throw the tree in the ditch and pretend to take pictures.  Eventually, however, we could sneak it no further... We "planted" it by the river and waited until the cover of darkness to come back and reclaim it.

"cutting" down our X-mas tree

Decorated with strung
popcorn and reclycled
paper

We also wanted to thank everyone for the cards and gifts!  It is a lot of fun being able to have presents under the tree.  We also REALLY love our stockings we have hanging up!  Christmas will definitely be a lot different for us this year, but it is good to remember to keep things simple and refocus on the things that really matter during the Christmas season :)