O Christmas Tree

Last night for FHE we took the kids to get our Christmas tree. There is this cool family owned tree lot (in their front lawn) that is on my running course and they have the best trees. We found a cute little 6 ft tree and had it on top of the minivan when we saw a gorgeous tree standing in the road right in front of us. It was the perfect tree for us and luckily it wasn't already bought so we traded the one off the top of the mini for this one (paid twice as much .... but it was well worth it) and headed home. I had to open the sunroof and hold the tree for half the ride and my hand was VERY cold.

Then we turned on Christmas music, started the hot cocoa maker, broke out the donuts and decorated. It was a blast and I love making memories. Every time Todd gave Claire an ornament she would put it on the same branch so there would be 3 or 4 on there at a time before I could disperse them around the tree.

I found a box of Christmas stuff my dad gave me last year from my Grandpa Schultz so we put a a box of old ornaments on the tree and I found a few other gems (I'll add pictures soon).

I'm not very good about decorating for every holiday (even though I have boxes of cute stuff in the storage room) but our entire house is now changed for Christmas. SO FUN! I'm totally in the holiday spirit now.

Everyone working together without fighting for once
(except Sophie ... she was in bed)

Luke (always in a hoodie)

Tayson

Claire (with her "silky or silks" of course)

The finished tree (not the best picture but it's awesome)