oh christmas tree....

now that thanksgiving has passed we can officially start soaking up all that christmas has to offer without looking like completle lunatics. usually we wait for the 1st weekend in december to get our tree...but with the big things happening this week, we decided to go the day after thanksgiving. thankfully the boyle's were on board with getting their tree earlier so we could continue our annual tradition. i love this tradition of ours. last year we tried out a new tree farm out in monroe, mo...we liked it enough to give it another try. this year was even better than last year. beautiful, bushy trees as far as the eye could see. not to mention the weather was unseasonablly warm which made for a delightful experience. we were able to inspect a large crop of trees rather than picking the 1st one we liked because we were all freezing. i figure that's what christmas must be like out on the west coast. although i would prefer snow, it was a nice change...especially since it is hard to bundle up over this massive belly of mine.

anyway, back to the main event...