Finn greatly enjoyed his first time really playing outside on his own. He loves the car!!
Monday, November 18, 2013
Lovely Fall Afternoon
Finn greatly enjoyed his first time really playing outside on his own. He loves the car!!
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Jesse Tree Party
This year my friend Natalie and I decided to throw a Jesse Tree Party. What is a Jesse Tree you ask?
It is an advent tree with an ornament for each day of December. Each ornament is related to a story in the Bible or Book of Mormon relating to Christ. It is a helpful way to help our family focus on the true meaning of Christmas.
My friend Kaylene had sent me a few links about Jesse trees and one had an idea for a Jesse Tree party- you invite all of your friends and each person is assigned one ornament to make and they make 24 of those ornaments. Then we all come together and swap and end up with a full set of ornaments lovingly made by friends and family that will remind us of Christ through the holiday season.
So I enlisted Natalie's help to put this together and she was kind enough to host at her house and I did the ornament organization. We decided this at the end of August so that people had plenty of time to make their ornaments and so that we could have the party in October before everyone got busy. So, we ended up having a fabulous Christmas party, complete with Christmas decorations in October. Natalie made delicious cheese and chocolate fondue and had Christmas music playing and Christmas smells brewing on the stove. It was THE best.
The whole party and ornaments exceeded my expectations. Everyone put such care and thought into their ornaments and we had everyone tell the little story of how they made their ornaments and such. It was a wonderful evening and I'm so thankful to know these amazing women and now to have an ornament set created by people I know and love.
Without further ado, here are plenty of photos from our party!!
It is an advent tree with an ornament for each day of December. Each ornament is related to a story in the Bible or Book of Mormon relating to Christ. It is a helpful way to help our family focus on the true meaning of Christmas.
My friend Kaylene had sent me a few links about Jesse trees and one had an idea for a Jesse Tree party- you invite all of your friends and each person is assigned one ornament to make and they make 24 of those ornaments. Then we all come together and swap and end up with a full set of ornaments lovingly made by friends and family that will remind us of Christ through the holiday season.
So I enlisted Natalie's help to put this together and she was kind enough to host at her house and I did the ornament organization. We decided this at the end of August so that people had plenty of time to make their ornaments and so that we could have the party in October before everyone got busy. So, we ended up having a fabulous Christmas party, complete with Christmas decorations in October. Natalie made delicious cheese and chocolate fondue and had Christmas music playing and Christmas smells brewing on the stove. It was THE best.
The whole party and ornaments exceeded my expectations. Everyone put such care and thought into their ornaments and we had everyone tell the little story of how they made their ornaments and such. It was a wonderful evening and I'm so thankful to know these amazing women and now to have an ornament set created by people I know and love.
Without further ado, here are plenty of photos from our party!!
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