The weekend after Thanksgiving is when we pull out all our decorations and get the house all dolled up for the holiday season! I have been doing this since I was a child, and I love this tradition, hopefully Sawyer will too. Normally we don't get our tree until the second weekend in December, because we don't want it to be brown for Christmas. However, this year we will not be home on Chritsmas, we will be in San Diego. We are so excited to go home!!!!! We are already counting down the days(13), with a little help from Sawyer's paper chain. So we got a tree this past weekend so we could enjoy it as long as possible. A guy that Paul works with told him about a fram where you can go and cut down your Christmas tree. When Paul came home and told me about it, I was instantly sold. I loved the idea. So we talked about it and decided that this is how we would get our tree this year.We were excited about a family day filled with fun and memories.OK lets be honest it would also include some arguing aover which tree to pick, and who should be helping cut it down! Paul and I are both very picky when it comes to Christmas trees. While Paul was looking up the info on the farm, he decided to check out the types of trees thay had. Apparently the only kinds of trees that grown in Texas are pines. I suppose all Christmas trees are pine trees, but we prefer firs. I really love the way they look and there thick needles. He looked up several other farms and they only had these"pine" trees as well. All the farms had pre-cut firs, but the whole idea was to cut it down ourselves. So we, (I say we but really it was me) were torn. Have the experience or the pretty tree? I guess i'm a tree snob, because we decided against the "Pine". We also decided that if we weren't going to cut it down ourselves, there was no reason to drive for over an hour to get a pre-cut tree when Home Depot is right around the corner. So we ended up at Home Depot. We know have a beautiful Christmas tree in our living room, filling our house with a wonderful smell, and so much happiness.Maybe next year my desire for family experiences will win over my selfish desire for beauty:) Here are some pictures of us decorating the house and of tree. Enjoy

Sawyer's favorite decoration. Santa's Sleigh.

Paul bringing the stuff in the house.

Sawyer's Favorite Christmas movie, and book.

He turned the tree skirt into a cape!

Sawyer helping daddy open the tree!

Daddy and Sawyer with our tree!

Mommy and Sawyer with our tree.

Paul tying th tree to the car.

Just like daddy.

So excited to see all the ornaments

Sawyer put the first ornament on the tree. He picked a Jimmie Johnson ornament! Daddy was so proud!

Sawyer putting the star on the tree.

My boys!

All finished!