New Tree

I finally convinced Mom that her tiny 6 ft tree was not in proportion to her 10 ft ceilings and big new house . . . she NEEDED a new 9 ft tree. So we went to Sam's and got one today. We barely fit it in my car. Mom was practically sitting on the dashboard so we could fit the box in the back. Then we went to Hobby Lobby and bought all of the decorations. Deciding on a color scheme is really a big deal. Ornaments are expensive so you want to choose something you are going to be happy with for a long time . . . not an easy task. We walked the isles several times before she decided to go with red and gold. (By the way, they are the same colors she choose for her first tree she and my dad ever had. She didn't remember that though. I think it's funny that she is still drawn to the same colors she loved 40 years ago.) After Tyler got off, we picked up pizza and headed out to their house to decorate the tree. We didn't realize that we would spend more time fluffing the tree than decorating it. The tree has over 4000 tips and I touched every single one of them and bent them into the correct position.

Annagrace did her part, by adding slobber to the decorations. I guess you could say she added a little sparkle to the tree.