Decorating the Tree

Oh the excitement as the tree is untied and readied to decorate!

Every year we add ornaments to each child's personal collection.  Isaac even had a few that we had gotten him last year in preparation for his homecoming.  He was surprised that he had a box with ornaments!  So many of our lights had burned out that after the personal ornaments went on we took a break until the next day so we could get a few more lights.

Decorating resumed the following morning. When a wheelchair and walker are added into the mix, decorating gets a little bit more crowded and confusing, but everyone got involved and had fun.

Jen is a REALLY hard worker, and she stayed on to fuss with ornaments long after the other kids had called it, "good enough."

What we are hoping for this Christmas is our LOA from China!  We hope you all have a blessed Christmas season!

O Christmas Tree!

It has been a tradition in our family for about thirty years now to cut a Christmas tree on the day after Thanksgiving.  The two little princesses wait for everyone else to be ready to go.

On our way to the tree farm!

Tree farms aren't very wheelchair friendly, but with team work we got the job done!  Everyone got a turn to cut the tree.