it's christmas time in the city!

first stop, the light parade in downtown fort worth.

i believe this will be a new vanderveer tradition...next year we plan to get there a little earlier with chairs and hot cocoa.

next stop, the christmas tree farm.

max and i checked out mainstay farm in cleburne on a "field trip", and i believe this will also become a new family tradition.

the next day it was time to get our family tree. but let's all hope this does not become a tradition. :( around midnight that night, our tree took a tumble. being the night owl that i am (ha!), we left it there until morning. needless to say, our tree is now securely anchored to the wall.

and a 3rd new holiday tradition, a visit to bethlehem....with my bapa and nana, aunt kacy and uncle jd, and a whole lot of cousins.