as our life becomes more complicated, the traditions become more important.

...and the tradition continues... all the way to Home Depot.
We have YET to get an ugly tree (we pick them out pre-wrapped, so we don't know what they look like until we get home... it's a fool-proof way to make the decision take less than an hour)

We spent the night putting up the tree and all most of our Christmas stuff.

Then we attempted the annual kid Christmas picture in front of the tree.

What a trip!

I am finally excited for the holidays!!!