Jesse Tree ornaments!

 I'm SO excited!  My Jesse Tree ornaments arrived yesterday (minus two which she'll be sending soon!).  For all of you who don't know, I joined in Jessica at HouseWifeSpice in a ornament swap.  We had about two days to do 32 ornaments.  I was assigned Judith - here are my swords.  

So I made 32 Judith's (I had to make them from things I already had so I made simple stitched felt swords) and women from all over the US and some from Canand made theirs :)  I've been wanting to do a Jesse Tree for years, so when I saw this - I jumped on it!  

And here's the beautiful ornaments...

 Each are so uniquely designed - I LOVE them! 

Sweet Moses in his basket

I love the baptism shell and Isaac's sacrifice logs.

The beautiful book of Law, Jacob's ladder and David's slingshot!

I think one of my favorite is the pregnant Elizabeth!

We put Jesse's shoot and Creation on right away (and then the Fall of Man today).  

To go along with our Jesse Tree, we are watching Holy Heroes Advent Adventure everyday and using their Jesse Tree DVD for a great visual for the kids. 

 Another thing I purchased that I LOVE and will use every year is the Jesse Tree ebook that Ceanne made this year at http://www.sanctussimplicitus.com/  - definitely one of my favorite websites.  I'm so happy I bought the ebook.  You can order the spiral bound book also, but my finances allowed for the ebook!  It's written for 3-4 grade level, but even my preschooler can follow along if I change some words for him :)  He loves taking turns after lunch answering all the questions about the story.  Today he pretended he was Adam and I was his child and he told me the story about the garden and the snake...and of course the promised Redeemer!  LOVE it !

Blessed Advent! May we prepare our hearts for the coming of our Lord...