First things first: apples for the horse. We hadn't seen Breaker since being in Michigan and the boys were quite excited to share some goodies with him.
Next up: searching for a tree. My dad has pine trees planted around the property and we compared a few before picking one. The kids tagged along and Caleb and I liked the same tree. It was a beauty and Kai helped my dad saw it down.
Lastly: decorating! The boys were giddy about the lights. Kai kept saying, "They're on! They're on!" Caleb remarked, "What a beautiful tree!" Indeed :) Caleb also loved playing with the ornaments. His current favorites are the wolf and the starfish.
Each year we get a new ornament from our travels. Despite traveling more this year than any other so far, we didn't remember to look for an ornament until our very last trip, which happened to be after Asa was born and happened to be during missions training in Colorado where we visited the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and fed the giraffes. So that's where we found our ornament this year. And it will always remind us of this time in our life when we were preparing for missions with three little boys.
So we've got a beautiful Christmas tree at the lakehouse and we're relishing it. We're not sure what Christmas will be like in Kenya next year but it probably won't include a freshly cut pine tree with our own ornaments from the past ten years. So we're cherishing this tree this year.
And, as always, we're cherishing these treasures too :) Three moose babies in moose pajamas, celebrating Christmas time!
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