Before the tree trimming and straightening... We had to do a lot of work to straighten this thing out! Glad we finally got it standing straight and tall!
We decorated our tree last night - the kids were so happy and excited to see the ornaments and put them on the tree. Amazingly this year I had limitless patience for all the bunched up ornaments close to the the floor. In fact I love looking at them - seeing two and three ornaments spread across one branch because that's where little hands wanted to place them. Bless their hearts, they get so proud to see the ornaments there where they put them. Kate enjoyed watching the kids decorate and also she liked playing with the Sesamee Street ornaments Rachel hung down really low just for her. She is super close to crawling and we may be in trouble by Christmas. We had a time trying to get the tree stable and after a couple of hours of trying and trimming I think we finally have it. Let's hope so! Doug put the lights on and then the kids put most of the ornaments on with me hanging the more breakable ones near the top. The tree is so tall this year that Doug had to help me hang ornaments - something he usually leaves up to us. Our star broke in all the excitement of the tree being unstable, so when we get the new one and have it all situated I'll get a picture of the whole thing on here to share with everyone.
I want to send out love and prayers to the Immel family today - I lost a special friend to cancer last night. She was very young and has a husband and two young children. She lost her battle after 3 and half years of fighting. Shauna was such a strong and inspirational woman. I was lucky to know her. Hold your family close - Life is a gift and a blessing.
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