O Christmas Tree, How Lovely Are Your Branches

We are on a hunt for the best Christmas tree ever! It is awfully cold though, so we are trying to hurry and Casey is just trying to keep up. I remember one year when it was warm and we wore light jackets to pick out our tree. Not so this year!
We found a beautiful white pine, long, soft needles that smell so good in the house. Full branches just waiting to be hung with ornaments.
The guys at the tree place we go to, (we've visited the same family owned place for, oh probably, 10 years) decided it would be fun to build a snowman. He was great! Big and huggable!
Our own little tree came complete with some of its own decorations! We've never had a tree like that before! How cool is that?
I don't know what Casey and I are talking about...Al was snapping away and I thought this picture looked cute.


Casey hung most of his ornaments from the bubble lights.
Here's one of my pinecone ornaments that we left in the tree. I just think that is so cool!
Carter had his own special spot in the tree too....
And the favorite Christmas decoration is this nativity that my mom made for my grandma many many years ago. It is needle point and very special to me. Carter begged and begged until I let him and Emily play with it. One year, we had to hunt for baby Jesus because he is the favorite piece and tends to wander away from the nativity.

Please ignore the mess that is STILL there and need to find a home, but hey, at least the decorations fit around it and it feels more like Christmas now!