Christmas-ing

Putting decorations up tends to be a rather painful and hectic experience. 

This year, however, it was greatly improved by:

Elvis Presley Christmas music

and hot chocolate with Irish cream.

On Saturday we got our tree. 

Here are Bethany and Benjamin, 

showing us the beauteous tree we found just a few minutes into the search.

(oh, and that's my dad on the left... eating an apple...)

Of course it was too good to be true--

I mean, we hadn't tromped all over the entire hillside, quarreling, 

getting muddy feet, and ultimately turning the entire thing into a family feud.

Benjamin got down to cut it and it was all crooked or something. So we moved on...

This picture makes me happy, because I haven't gotten a decent picture of this girl in a long time.

She is so PRETTY!

Weird Bethany and Mama. 

Ben: "This seems like a good idea!"

"Oh, this is a better idea."

Comparing footwear. Bethany is the one in the boots. : )

Like my socks? LOL.

 Yeah, he's a weirdo.

Benjamin, with strength unknown to man, felled our beauteous tree that we ended up choosing.

Without anyone getting angry at each other! 

I think that was a first.

Herman's stump.

Every year, Mama picks us each out an ornament that sort of represents our previous year. 

Last year I got this ruby-red sparkley slipper. And this year I got the Cheshire Cat. : )