We started the tradition a couple of years ago of making chocolate covered pretzels. We use rolos and white chocolate mint kisses. We melt them and then press an m&m on top for a finishing touch. They are OH SO GOOD and OH SO EASY! The kids love to help and it is something that everyone can do. We give these out to our friends and neighbors every year.

This year we actually pulled the kids out of school to go and get our Christmas tree! Judge me if you will but there was just no time to do it! Our weekends were filled with nutcracker rehearsals and the Christmas Tree Farm closed merely an hour after the kids got out of school on weekdays. We thoroughly enjoyed the Holidays this year. We always decorate our tree over time. It takes us a long time to put up all of our beautiful ornaments that have been given to us by my Mother-in-law over the years. We wear silly hats while we decorate and we always have Christmas music playing to fill the house with the Christmas spirit. Here are some of the photos I took while we decorated our tree.

I like to take a picture of the kids on the top of the car with the tree. Right when we finally got everyone securely placed on top of the can, a huge gust of freezing cold wind blew in and threatened to knock them right back on the ground. This picture was taken at the literal moment that it happened. It was so funny!