It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

The weekend after Thanksgiving we put our tree up and decorated the house for Christmas. Brent put the tree together and "fluffed" it and I put the ornaments on. I did make Brent put at least one ornament on so he could say he helped me. I have a tree topper I used last year, but I really don't like it so I'm looking for something new. I have some ideas, I just haven't got around to it yet. Also, I took these pictures before there were presents under the tree. There are now several presents and I plan on wrapping some more tonight. And yes, there is a section at the top that has no lights. This happened after I already had it decorated!! I hate pre-lit trees. We have had problems every year with ours.

I just love our tree. Our colors are black, red, and silver. I usually put a tree in our dining room too, but that's where I keep all of Jaxson's stuff right now. I do plan on putting it up next year though. I love having the whole house feel like Christmas. Next year, I also want to get Jaxson a tree for his room. Maybe I can find the tree and ornaments on sale after Christmas. I know he will be more interested in the tree next year! Although, he does love looking at the lights!

I am almost finished Christmas shopping. I started yesterday and have about 6 or 7 more gifts to buy before I'm done. I think this is the earliest I have ever started shopping! It's actually nice to be ahead for once!

I love Christmas time - the cold weather, driving around looking at lights, spending time with family, good food, giving gifts. It will be here & over before we know it... It always goes by too fast!