Christmas Decor - Our first real tree!

I convinced Tripp that we needed a real tree for Christmas this year... since we went with a fake one last year right after the wedding. The house we live in right now doesn't have a lot of free space, but we made it work!

I apparently did not participate in setting up and decorating our real trees growing up (sorry mom & dad!) because I had NO idea what to do once we bought the tree. I had to YouTube how to put lights on the tree, I didn't realize how much water it needed... it was a learning experience, but I LOVE having our real tree this year! ;)

Tripp and I watched the Adjustment Bureau and decorated the tree. After our wedding in October, some women from Helena hosted an Ornament party for me. It was SO fun to have a party after the wedding and we received some amazing ornaments! Everyone was so generous. Since we didn't use them last year, it was like Christmas morning as I opened all of the ornaments! There was only one casualty... which Tripp was initially betting there would be many more.

Here are some pics of the tree(s) in our house this Christmas :) 

Let's start with the real tree. Lots of pics and most are bad because I took them with my iPhone.

 

 

 

 

 

This is the fake tree we put up last Christmas... It was still fully decorated from last year, so we decided it needed to come out of the closet too! It matches the colors in the house perfectly and its woodsy-lookin' which I love.

This might by my favorite tree in the house... I started collecting the Patience Brewster 12 Days of Christmas ornaments after the Ornament party. I have about 5 now and they are beautiful ornaments! I decided they should have their own tree and here it is! Hopefully we will just keep adding to this tree until we have the entire collection. Love it and the colors match the bathroom pretty well too!

 

I go to Market with Marnee (Tripp's Mom) and Kristin (Tripp's Sister) in a couple of weeks and have some Christmas items to add to my decor for next year.