It has been two years since I was able to decorate for Christmas. The tree is my favorite part of Christmas, it ties all of my decorations together. To make up for last year this year we have 9 trees around the house... :) I also get to pull out all of my Christmas ornaments, more on this later.
It only seems fair to show you how our tree made it's way back to our house...
on top of Matt's Prius. (A green tree on our "green" car!)
... in our drive way...
Matt and Dad bringing the tree into the house...
that's me making sure the tree is straight...
un-doing the netting...
smile Dad...
Trimming the tree is my favorite part of the tree. Here are some stats on our tree:
1200 little white lights
MANY sparkling ornaments
6 bows
3 berry garlands
1 tree topper
& ta-da we have our 2010 Christmas Tree
a view of all the presents, wrapped and ready to send to our nephews/cousins!!!
a view of the tree and its trimmings...
the garland and our very 1st "4 ft" tree
For those of you who drool over the Potterybarn Christmas catalogue, I got the inspiration for this garland from that magazine. The pre-lit pre-decorated garland that is $80 for 8ft. So instead of paying all that money, my mom and I made our own garland. We attached each ornament individually and made ribbon puffs to fill in the holes. I love it!! I love the colors and I love the ribbon!!!
This is the view as you walk into our house....
some close ups of the ornaments...
Matt started a tradition the very first christmas we spent together. We were living in a one bedroom apartment and it was the first year I did not celebrate Christmas with my family. Off to Target we went to get some Christmas cheer for our tiny apartment. We bought a 4 ft tree, some lights, a box of ornaments and a berry garland. We set the tree up on one of the end tables. It was so cute, just a little bare.
Christmas day, Matt's gives me ornaments from a little store called Potterybarn. I loved every single ornament he chose for our little tree. In the collage above look for the little pocket ornament, later that morning he directed me to look in the back of that ornament. There is a little pocket on the back of the pocket ornament and in it was an engagement ring. I then look at Matt and he proposed to me... another reason I love our Christmas tree ornaments. Every year I get to pull out that ornament and think of our first Christmas together... :)
the dining room table decorations that I made several years ago...
our fire place decorations...
the Christmas tree on the kitchen counter...
Our house is really festive this year!
(I will take some pictures of all nine trees around our house...)
getting pedicures (some of us were in desperate need of a pedicure)...
having dinner with college friends & their kiddos...
taking lots of pictures with one another...
getting the boys involved...
taking a group shot of our kids...
taking another trip to Toys R Us...
walking with Uncle Adam...
visting with more friends...
