Christmas with the Fowlers

To start off the Christmas season, we went to the Braselton Parade a few weekends ago. Here is Bay with his balloon.

Here is the whole group waiting for the parade to start.

Beautiful Hill waiting patiently

She loves her Mommy

Dan was bundled up ready for the parade to start

Bay was thrilled for the candy donations by all the participants in the parade. He was also sporting his new cowboy boots...growing up to be just like his Daddy.

The next weekend was time to get our Christmas trees. We have a tradition that includes lots of food in Dillard, GA and then cutting down a tree in Mr. Dillard's backyard. Unfortunately, he stopped planting new trees and the only ones left were around 20 ft. tall. We thought about cutting one in half,  but decided we would try our luck up the road in North Carolina. In my family, the bigger the tree- the better! The only problem is that in our first house, our ceilings are about 9ft; therefore, we got a tree exactly 9ft. tall. Here is Dan getting it ready with the chainsaw before bringing it in.

This is the tree before decorations:

And after...

Dan and I have a running joke with a decoration in our home. See if you can notice the difference between these two photos...What is in one picture, but not the other?

If you look closely, there is a large bird on the mantle in the first picture, but not the second. Dan likes to place it strategically around the house (hiding in plain sight). It is a little hard to miss the bird if you ask me and I often make this game little fun because it blinds me wherever he places it. Nonetheless, it is a fun game we play. Maybe we should try Catch Phrase or something more traditional???

This last picture is of our little book nook. I love it and enjoy updating it throughout the year. I hope that our home will always have an area like this. We added our manger scenes and have a few more details left to add. Here's to more Christmas decorating!