I Love The Holidays

I love the Holidays. Every single second about them, it is the simple pleasures of dancing around the kitchen to Christmas music, snuggling up by the tree with a glass of wine, Jack, and JMS, and just the feeling of nostalgia for life and all we have.  One of my favorite parts of the Holiday Season is decorating the tree.  I am a huge proponent of beautiful ornaments and the perfect ribbon to wrap around our masterpiece.  This year was kind of funny.  When we first moved to our house in September of 2010 we didn't realize how rushed the Christmas season would be that first year as newlyweds.  We ended up doing a little digging in the attic one December morning only to discover a Christmas Tree and two reindeer up in the attic that the previous owners had left for us.  (Maybe not purposefully, but that is besides the point).  So rather then toss the old tree we decided it would be best if we took advantage of this baby and so we did.  Being in Florida and being married to Mr. Safety himself only warranted the idea that a fake tree would be a better option due to climate and decrease in chance of house fire due to a real Christmas tree.  We rocked the decorating of our adopted tree that first year, and last year, and had every intention of doing it again this year until half the lights were out when we plugged our tree in.    The light situation was a problem, that we did not know how to fix considering the complexity of this hard wired tree .  To say the least I decided to take matters into my own hands. All I have to say ....wasn't my brightest idea.  Three electrocutions later I am still alive yet our course of action on our tree definitely changed this year.

We decided it would be best to change the course this year and unload our adopted tree in place of a real one.  See exhibit A.  Excitement Jack had at the tree farm.  Exhibit B.  Utilizing Candy to transport the real tree in order to prevent scratches on our new car otherwise knows as the "big rig".  Exhibit C: A sweet moment with my baby Exhibit D: My boys and our girl taking a decorating break Exhibit E.  The End product......only one word Beautiful Exhibit F. A blinking second of standstill between Palin and Jack. 

Exhibit E

Exhibit F

Exhibit C

Exhibit B

Exhibit A

Exhibit C

Bottom line this Christmas tree adventure is one to remember and in honor of the guy at the tree farm who helped us pick this baby we have decided to call our tree "Mando" after Armando the tree picker.