O Christmas Tree

Wow, I don't know what people did without TV or internet back in the day. We were pretty bored for the last week! The internet guy that came yesterday (YAY!) told me people just had lots of kids back then to stay occupied. Hilarious.

Well, we are officially moved in! It took us about 2.75 days to get all of our stuff across the street. I'll admit I still don't have everything put away. I don't know what to do with all this open space so if you have lots or picture frames, tables, or an extra bed, just let me know.

Last Saturday was super fun. I'd been bugging AJ about a Christmas tree. "Wanna cut one down? Or are you gonna make me one still?" Well Kevin (AJ's manager guy/buddy) invited us to cut down a tree with him and his family. I guess you can't cut down a Christmas tree in Utah, unless it's from one of those wimpy tree farms. Just kidding guys, don't get offended, I totally would have gone to a tree farm if I didn't find out you could go to a forest. IN IDAHO. Whoa we went all the way to Idaho! It was like 30 minutes away! Anyway, Kevin knew of a cool spot so we pulled over and went tree huntin' (with a permit of course).

You'd be surprised how hard it can be to find a Christmas tree in a forest. It was tempting to cut just the top off of a huge tree, since the tops were pretty awesome looking. It was also tough to find a decent one that would fit in our living room. Well after trudging around in the snow for a while, we came to this spot where there was a beam of sunlight shining on the top of just one tree. I said to AJ "wouldn't it be funny if that celestial-glory-looking tree were the ONE?" So he went and checked it out. It was our tree! It was symmetrical, not too full, not too wimpy...and the heavens were like "aaAAAAhhhhHHH!!!"

Then we got pizza and Kevin's 12 year old son pouted unless he could sit by me. Later, AJ told me Kevin's wife stopped by the shop and said their son thought I was just gorgeous. Hahaha!!! I've still got it!

Anyhoo. When we got home we decided we better measure the living room ceiling to make sure our tree would fit. Then we measured the tree. Yeah, it was huge. I think we highly underestimated the height when we were in the mountains. WELL good thing our huge dining room has a huge ceiling! And good thing we don't have anything else to put in there! We had to go buy an 8 ft. ladder so we could decorate the tree. Does that give you an idea of it's height? Okay okay, here's the pictures:

See? It's as high as the balcony thing.



AJ told me that "girls don't know how to climb up ladders" so here he is, being all manly. (if you know AJ you know not to take that remark seriously)


And I did THE REST. With the huge ladder. In your face.



I was afraid I wouldn't have enough ornaments, but between the hand-me-downs my mom mailed up to me, and the retro ornaments (they came in boxes that had 1960-something on them) from my great-grandma's house, I think I did pretty well. Oh yeah, and I bought a box of glass craft ornaments and decorated them myself. Saved a couple bucks, and they are definitely originals...


The one in front is one of the retro ones (so is the red one) and the circle-y one I made.

I couldn't find an angel or star that I really loved, so I figured that's one thing I can save for another year. Maybe AJ will make me a nice metal star.

In other news, we may be adding to our little family soon. I'll update everyone in a couple days :)