OH CHRISTMAS TREE

Matt is working on a remodel for a sweet couple outside of Dayton.  After his first meeting with them at their property {they just bought the home}, Matt started to convince me that we needed acreage. {wink}  Their setting is really neat....private and surrounded by farms.  The front of their property is full of Christmas trees.....

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And they were gracious enough to allow us to cut our tree {s} from their property.  Friday {after Thanksgiving} we headed over to pick out our Christmas tree, Addilyn even got her own darling little tree for her bedroom.

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Aren't those trees beautiful?

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Now, having grown up on a Christmas tree farm, it was never a big deal for our family to get a tree.  My mom would usually just grab one, while my dad was gone at work.

No big deal.

But, since our little family of 4 doesn't live on a Christmas tree farm, it's fun to make a big deal of it!  You know....loud Christmas music, hot chocolate and cookies......

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Can you believe it has taken us over 4 days to decorate our tree?  And we still are not done!  See that rogue baby under the tree?  She is one of the reasons it takes so long to decorate ;-)

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And there she is again, under the tree skirt.....

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Addilyn and I made a paper chain for the tree.  A 10' tree requires a lot of paper chain!!

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Our beautiful tree provided extra fresh greens for a little decorating around the house.

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I actually snagged the cedar from our of our Cedar trees.  I love fresh cedar!!

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A wood crate filled with greens {and a few magnolia sprigs}, flameless candles and a white bird.

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A basket filled with greens, books and birds for our outside dining table.

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Window boxes filled with greens and ornaments {on Matt's wood shop}.

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And a few greens for the front porch!

I have a feeling it may take me all month to decorate for Christmas.....but that is part of the fun!!