Christmas at the Homestead

I have to admit my favorite Christmas decoration is a nativity scene. Growing up we would fight over who set the nativity up each year. I was so happy when a beautiful friend of mine gave me a nativity for a house warming present.Of course this is the first year we had a mantle to decorate also which made Christmas even more fun with stocks, candles and banners.

This year the girls and I did a advent curriculum called the Joshua tree. 

It had ornaments for each of the days with stories going through the Bible.

It was a great way to get ourselves into the meaning of Christmas..

A little fun craft idea made from pallets! Made one for grandma also. 

I would like to take all of the credit but a friend of mine did the hard work!