O Christmas Tree

Well, we're a little ahead of the game this year.

We decided to take advantage of a Free Friday Night and get out The Tree.

We hauled all the boxes from the attic and began assembling the tree.

BUT WAIT....

"Boo....we can't put up The Tree without watching Christmas Vacation...it's tradition"

So the tradition continued on, this time with a little helper, and it couldn't have gone any better.

Other than our pizza never arriving, which was a LARGE mishap at Pizza Hutt...but we survived.

And had a great time along the way.

We have to put in every.single.branch. Every.last.one.

They are color coded, and you have to fan out each branch. each.one.

Then we have to string the lights.

I bow out at this point and work on decorating other parts of the house.

Or take pictures.

I hate stringing lights.

 Maybe it's backwards, but we always put the angle on before ornaments. 

I guess because she has to be plugged in.

And our little helper did the honor this year.

I loved it. 

I sense a new tradition.

 After the lights, comes my part.

This is where Lance bows out and finishes up the movie.

And Easton, well he just runs around wondering what's next.

Then we all sit back and enjoy our hard work.

We kept it simple this year.

I wasn't sure how many ornaments would survive toddlerhood.

When you sit back and squint, you know it's perfect when it looks like this. 

Ahhh...I love me some Christmas bokeh.



Successful Christmas Tree!
Happy Momma!

Merry Christmas to all.

And to all a good night!