Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas tree

Close up

All done

Jai, Hannah, Maddie Decorating.

Paige and Hannah

Maddie

We went out and finally got our tree on Monday. We have had a real tree every year that Jai and I have been married and continued that tradition this year. I love the smell but hate the mess. This year I had issues with the lights and was about ready to burn the tree before we even got started. I had all the lights strung Tuesday morning and we decorated the tree with the kids before we went on our weekly date Tuesday night. When we came home none of the lights were working and of course nobody knows what happened. After some trial and error we discovered one of the old strands was not working and needed to be replaced, it was of course the strand right in the middle of the tree. I ran to Walmart and bought some replacement lights but unfortunatly had to undecorate the tree, take more than half the lights off, and then put them back on and redecorate. I have had a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit this year and let me tell you this didn't help. Good news is it is all done. Lights are still working and it does look nice. The pictures don't do it justice. I hope everybody else is having a great holiday season and we hope to see you all over the holidays.