Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

Christmas is absolutely my favorite time of the year. I look forward to the music, food, lights, family time, gifts, and the TREE! Each year as a child, my sister and I would accompany my Dad to choose THE Christmas tree. Not only is this one of my favorite memories of being with my father, but it's also one of my favorite childhood Christmas traditions, hands down.
Every year since Chad and I started living together, we have always traveled back home for Christmas, plus we've had small living quarters and too many animals to accommodate a real, live tree. I would assemble our fake, wiry Walmart tree and just make do with evergreen scented candles. But this year is different! Since we have a new house and children of our own...and still a million smelly pets....we've decided to stay home for Christmas morning and do the whole Santa thing. I'm super excited to start our own traditions ( as well as carry on some from my childhood) with Hannah and Sadie. Sadie won't care, but Hannah has been talking about Santa Clause since Halloween and is really into it this year.
Even though we've ALL been sick this past week, I was bound and determined to get a Christmas tree over the weekend. We went to Lowes to pick out THE tree. It was freezing!! I was so cold that I didn't even care which tree was THE tree. We grabbed one and threw it on top of the van. The next morning, despite our sore throats and grouchy attitudes, we...as a family....decorated our first Christmas tree.