Oh, Christmas Tree!

We did it!!! Today, we got our first REAL Christmas tree. This year we left the artificial tree in storage and went for a real tree, and we LOVE it!!!








Our good friends Shannon and Stan came to help us get our tree. They brought their truck to make things easier (the Cavalier has been very good to us, but we weren't sure anyone would want to tie a tree to it...). Considering the whipping wind and freezing temperatures, the boys (Dad and Nolan are sick) stayed in and watched football while Nolan napped.

The girls (Natalie, Kendall, Shannon, and Mom) picked out a tree by ourselves. The girls even got free teddy bears! We easily found what we thought would be the perfect tree for our house. We were right, it was absolutely PERFECT!!!

The guys brought in the tree and got it set up in the tree stand. Daddy and Mom set up the lights and pearls (yes, I said pearls) and dad put new hooks in all of the ornaments that needed them.

The girls had a blast hanging their ornaments. They tried to space them out the best they could by theme and color. It took quite a bit of planning and rearranging. They did a great job.

The girls always enjoy finding their special Christmas ornaments from past years. Here were each of their favorite ornaments. Both of Natalie's have her name on them and were given to her as gifts, and Kendall made her ornaments in school. We even found a rocking horse ornament that Daddy made in preschool.

When the girls were finished, Mom put the angel on top, and our tree was complete.

When Nolan woke up, Kendall was happy to show him the tree. He was very interested. He spent the rest of the day playing by the tree and talking to the ornaments with his toys. He loves the Sponge Bob Squarepants, Patrick Starr (from Spongebob) and the Strawberry Shortcake ornaments the best.

We had a very nice day getting our Christmas tree. We had fun with our friends Shannon and Stan, and we all think that our tree looks AWESOME!!!