Christmas Decorating

Christmas is so much more fun when you have little ones! The joy of giving presents to them and the tender moments spent explaining about the birth of our Savior are memories that last a lifetime. They are also accompanied by a few interesting memories. (Like Grandma McCorristin's story about Michael pulling down the Christmas tree a few times so they tied it to the wall to keep it upright!) Then, there are the new memories that we make each year. This year is all ready starting out pretty special.

Eryn helping Mike set up the tree. (I'm allergic to real trees!)

"Do you like the tree puppy?"
"You'd look great right here!"

Laying under the tree and looking up at the lights is a tradition that came from Mike and his brothers and sisters.

The ornaments made it all the way down the tree this year! Eryn likes to rearrange the bulbs at the bottom, but I only put ones down there that I wasn't very worried about. She's been much better at not touching the decorations so far. I even put up the little village and that hasn't been bothered either. (Although, I have noticed that the snowman seems to mysteriously relocate himself around the village.)

The stockings are hung on the wall with care and packing tape!

Eryn and I have been making decorations since she loves coloring so much.

She also discovered glue so the snowman is glued onto the snowflake that we made.

"You lookin' at my sister?"