Christmas tree 2011

Mackenzie was a much more enthusiastic helper as we put up our tree this year. In previous years, she put up one or two ornaments and then went off to play with something else. This year, not only did she decorate our tree, but Grams' tree, too!

Putting up the tree was no easy feat. In fact, Mike and I both has scrapes and scratches after wrestling with the tree. First, there was the task of deciding where the tree should go this year. Our living room now doesn't have the obvious place to put a tree but after lots of rearranging of furniture, we finally discovered the perfect place. Then there was the issue of the lights. You see, we had a few blown out bulbs and , despite our desperate searching , were not able to find them. So the only choice left was to unlight our pre-light tree and add new lights. Mike did the majority of the de-lighting and salvaged our Christmas decorating mood!
Placing Grammy's angel:
The final product:
We had fun decorating the rest of the house and I couldn't wait for rest time to clean up all those " needles" and place the finishing touches!