Our Christmas Tree

We had planned on getting our tree on Monday since that is Chip's day off. But the weather called for constant (sometimes literally freezing rain) from Saturday afternoon - Tuesday morning. So I made Chip take some time on Saturday morning take us to get our tree! I didn't want to have to wait an additional week!! I love going to tree lots, but Lowes has the nicest trees. We've gotten one there every year we've been in Texas (and our last year in California). The only two things I hate about going to Lowes is that the trees aren't all set up, so you have to dig to find the right one and the fact that it does not make a pretty photo op!! Nonetheless, I got a picture of the girls getting the tree:

It was already cold and misty when we got there, so I didn't get a lot of pictures and we had to rush the whole process. But it was still exciting to pick out Danielle's first tree!!!

Lily hung the first ornament, her new Hello Kitty ornament. Lily and I hung all the ornaments while Chip and Danielle played on the floor nearby, so I didn't get any pictures of the process. Lily was loving finding all the ornaments. Some she knew well and remembered and some I got to tell her about. It was fun. I love this tradition, especially since 90% of our ornaments are souvenirs or represent something.

Chip always puts the star on last to complete the tree. This year he had Danielle's help!

Here is it! It is looking even better now with all our presents underneath!
More pictures to come.