Oh Christmas Tree!

The girls had so much fun this year putting up the Christmas tree. We usually put it up on Thursday night when we get home from Thanksgiving dinner, but they had been begging all weekend so we decided to do in Monday. The Aggies were also playing Thursday night this year so another good reason we should go ahead and get the tree finished. Since last Monday the ornaments have probably been rearranged about 1,000 times, and most of them are on the lowest branches so they are almost touching the ground. I have never been the best decorator and don't pretend to be so my tree is not one of the color coordinated ones with all matching ornaments. Since I was born my mom and dad bought us a new ornament each year, and when I got married my mom gave me the ornaments to take with me. I have each of them on my tree and have started the same tradition with my girls. It may not look as fancy as most trees, but I love getting the ornaments out each year and going through them. Most of them I remember picking out and have certain memories that go with them. This year Avery and Addison chose matching ornaments. They are the letter "A" that looks like a cookie. Here are a few pictures of us putting up the tree.

Yes, I still have the color coded tree that you have to put together piece by piece. It is a pain, but I think the girls had more fun sorting the colors than they did putting the ornaments on the tree.

This was an ornament from my 1st Christmas.