We get a tree

On Saturday morning we relaxed and played.

Ammon spends a great deal of his life in this witch costume. I think his love of witches comes from his very favorite book, Room on the Broom.

In the afternoon we went to go pick a tree. I think Abe has those pictures (I hope!). I wanted a skinny tree, but I also felt very tired and couldn’t handle any trees that looked too tall. Lydia wanted a fat tree, so we settled on a small chubby tree. It’s pretty cute.

I had so much fun with Mary. She loved every. single. tree. and stood in this excited pose by her favorites that she really, really wanted to take home.
More excited Mary.

When we got home, we got out all of the Christmas decorations, set up the tree, and had fondue for dinner.

Our Christmas mess.
Ammon was so excited he wore his Santa hat to bed.

In the evening Abe and I had a wonderful date. We went to Target for some more Christmas decorations and ended up spending most of our time smelling candles. Then we got home and finished putting everything up: