Another "beautiful" tree

As is Jason's tradition the last couple of years he took the kids looking for a Christmas tree.  

 The trees are always hideous, and this years is not exception.  No matter how "beautiful" Jason says it is.  Jason was just really excited this year to get a really tall tree.  It is at least 9 feet tall.

 Dillon helped chop the tree down. 

 If you look close Truman is in the background laying on the ground "taking a nap".

 Here are the great tree hunters.

 The tree was so big that even with with our ladder it was difficult getting all the lights and the star on the top.

 This is Jason's awesome way of making sure the tree doesn't fall over this year.  He put a shower rod up behind the tree for tension, and then tied the tree on either side to the wall.  Yeah we are not white trash at all, don't worry.

 Decorating the tree is always stressful for me.  The kids just want to pull out all the ornaments and throw them on, and my OCD doesn't allow me to let them.  So they have to wait while I dig them all out and give them to them.

 Beckett was just interested in chewing on all of them, and making messes, and just being my little monster.

I always love how the ornaments only end up on the bottom 1/3 of the tree.

 This is the best picture with all four of them.  Beckett would not sit still, and don't ask what Elleree is doing, because I don't even think she knows.

This is the finished product after we put the kids to bed and distributed the ornaments evenly, and cleaned up the mess.  Every year our tree looks different, I do love that!