O' Christmas Tree

A Christmas tree?!?! That sounds like fun!! Let's get it up!!!

The hard working elves taking a quick break to let Mommy take a picture

I know this is slightly blurry, but I still had to share

Ryder was such an amazing helper this year. He hung every single ball. Such a change from two years ago when he just threw them all and broke them. I love the Christmas spirit inside him :)

Brutus was watching over us as we got the tree up :)

Attempt at a family photo with our tree

Attempt #2

We're all ready for you Santa!

(I realized Landon's stocking was reversed of ours when we hung them, and we have since ordered and hung his matching one.)

I've done a dated ornament every year our family has changed

2006: Our first Christmas together - we were engaged two months later

2008 - Ryder joined our family

2010 - I had a little baby in my belly waiting to make his arrival

2011 - What we think will be our last updated ornament with the addition of Landon :)

We have a ton of photo ornaments on our tree, and my goal is to one day have it be all custom/handmade ornaments.

Ryder and I worked on that this week with these additions

(we are still working on one of Landon's)

And Ryder's first Christmas project at school.... I love it!

Lots more holiday updates to come!