the decorating of the tree

Prepare to be amazed!

So here we have various stages of decorating our Christmas Tree.


Me, scoping out where to put ornaments. Little Jared helping to get some on the tree.


Kylie and Jared getting hooks onto new ornaments, and the girls helping Dad.


Jared placing ornaments, and poor little Joseph watching from the stairs. He was locked out, because he wanted to UNdecorate the tree. (I'm sure he'll love it now that it's time to actually do that part!!)


Jared placing the star at the top of the tree!




So the tree we got this year is called a Nordman Fir tree. It is a lot like a noble, but as you can kind of tell in this first picture, the underside of the needles look silver. VERY cool!! It's a very beautiful tree, and I'll be sad to see it go soon. Here it is all lit up.



And finally, in all it's glory Christmas Eve.

Christmas 2009

So here's just a few scenes from Christmas morning! OK, so I know I'm a total goof, hahaha, but Jared got the perfect picture of me in all my true glory, the excitement over getting the Lion House Cookbook, HA! now I can make my own Lion House rolls! YUM!!





Then there's my handsome hubby with just one of his gifts. Madden NFL 10 for the wii, and you can bet he played it that day! I hear that the 49ers beat the heck out of the Cardinals in that game. ;)








Then we have Joseph. That ribbon was the most "unwrapping" he did! Which is pretty funny, because he loved tearing into his birthday presents the week before! And he's "locked" in a cage to protect the other kids presents from him. Turns out, he just preferred to watch everyone else!




And dad hit a home run, getting Joseph the Noah's Ark Little People set. He really loves that the most!








I love the look on the kids faces when they saw one of their combined "to share" gifts... the new Mario Bros game for the wii. It's been on almost non-stop since Christmas! Kylie is becoming a quick master of that game.





Then we have Kylie, she's hugging a scarf/hat/gloves set that her Dad got for her. Who thought kids would be so excited about clothes?!?!


And in the other picture she's playing with the Rubix 360 that she got from Santa.









And my little Jared, he's such a funny boy! He got a nerf gun, and I love how he partially opened the gift, then stuck his head inside to read all about the new toy! Silly boy.








And speaking of silly boys, there he is, riding my exercise bike. Getting ready for Christmas dinner, perhaps??











And finally, my little Sara. I love that she's hugging her Mickey Mouse Memory Game. She LOVES anything associated with the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show!










Ah yes, and play dough! All the kids got some in their stockings, but Sara got an R2D2 play dough set! She absolutely loves it, and I love how she's so focused on the back of the box!