Decorating the tree...............

After cutting the tree down last Saturday, we brought it in the house and then decorated it the next day. We have found that every ornament has a story to it as our tree is very "Charlie Brown" -ish - not symetrical, a bit bare in some places and nothing is uniform in the decorations - which is perfect for us.

Delaney was in her element. She's a girl that has to have everything planned and the same, so designing the tree was something she was looking forward to.

Girls checking out the ornament options.

Delaney with an ornament made by Grandma Debbie in 1983. Jerrod and I have split up the ornaments mom stitched over the years and now our kids get to put them on the tree.

Adelyn focused on the corner of the tree and didn't really stray from that area. Almost every night since then she has rearranged the ornaments in "Addy's Section."

Delaney looks spectacular here, sorry her dork of a Dad got into the frame.

Adelyn trying to place the star at the top. Some stories about the ornaments here: The two moose ornament to the right of my elbow is from Victoria, BC, a trip Britty and I took in July 2008. The ornament immediatly below my elbow is a gift from a girl Ryan Hill dated for a while (the breakup story on that one is classic). The circular ornament at the right edge of the photo is from our first anniversary trip to Ocean Shores, it's a sand dollar. The trolley car below and slightly left of the Ocean Shores ornament is from San Francisco when she and I went to the Bay Area to hang out with John and Logan in April 2009.

Delaney tried as well.