Ladybugs & Stinkbugs

We had so much fun decorating. We had Christmas music playing on the TV (Thanks, TiVo), and it was a little chilly outside. The kids would gasp, ooh, and aah over every single ornament we brought out. Over the years, Santa has brought each of us a new ornament, and our tree is getting pretty full. I still have most of mine from childhood, and we're adding the kids ornaments yearly, so it won't be long before we'll have to have two Christmas trees! I could handle that, but Jeremy thinks it's silly.=)

I'm excited about having our Christmas tree in the living room this year because we'll have (at least the possiblity of having) a fire in the fireplace. Oh, can you imagine sitting in the living room on Christmas Eve, all the lights out, just the Christmas tree lights twinkling and a fire in the fireplace?! Andrew has a list of Christmas carols we are going to sing on Christmas Eve, and he keeps adding to it, so we may do that for a WHILE. =) I'll be posting a lot about our Christmas traditions in the next few weeks. What are the Christmas traditions your family uses to celebrate the holidays?

Here are our pictures!

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