Tree Down!

It has been so windy and stormy lately! My family is in town this week for Disney shenanigans and these poor people have been rained on at Disneyland every day haha these poor guys. This morning when I went out for my usual run, I noticed our tree had taken a leave of absence. 

Such a big piece to come off! 

Mini Christmas Tree

 When I went to Disney on Sunday, I went to the Crystal Arts store to get a tiny Christmas tree I had seen on TikTok. You go in, get this tiny glass tree, and then get to pick the ornaments you put on. 

I probably could have picked a better location for the picture, but we're too far gone now. 

I love this. 

Christmas Trimmings

Last night, I went over to Tai Pan to get some ribbon for my tree. I spent a little time to choose the right one, and home again to garland up my tree. I had my sister help me with it, since I had no idea what I was doing, and finally, when finished, this is what it now looks like:

It’s not too bad, but I just am struggling with my tree this year! Maybe it wasn’t a good idea to try a new color theme. And I do like my stockings on the fireplace this year, so you can see these as well:

Now my house feels complete and I am ready for the holidays – in that regard. Now onto shopping!

Festival of Trees 2013

I only realized a few weeks ago that it was the week of Festival of Trees, and it was ending today. So of course, I made plans to go there. The weather did try it’s darndest to stop me, but nothing could stop me. I was planning on going up in the early afternoon. RSL was playing Kansas City in the MLS Cup, and I was jazzed and ready. The game started at 2:00, so it would be over around 4:00. That’s not exactly how it went. Started at 2:00, didn’t really start at 2:25, and then it had a thirty minute overtime when we were tied 1-1 at the end. After the overtime we were still tied, and went into a shootout. After 2 shootouts, we lost the game, and it was just sad. So the game instead ended at 5:30. Then, the trip from my house in Orem to my SIL’s house in Provo took about 1 hour because of all the snow that has been dumped on us.

Finally we made it there after about an hour. We made it in, and it was all as glorious as it always is. We walked, ate a snack, walked, and ate a snack, walked around. I saw some really great trees, and I’ll share those.

There was one tree that I was really impressed with:

You can’t tell, but that tree is made out of soda rings. And the ornaments are made out of soda cans. I just couldn’t believe it when I saw it. That takes some serious preparation. I hope to maybe decorate a tree next year. I’ll start brainstorming now!

Christmas Tree 2013

Tonight I decorated my Christmas Tree, finally. We set it up on Monday night, and then just left it this whole time. I’ve just been so busy! I haven’t had time, all of a sudden, things were crazy. But I was told by Chelle that the ornaments were on sale at JoAnn’s, and I have been wanting to mix it up, so I took a gander. I decided on brown and gold, it just seemed so fun and different. I’m not sure it looks as good as I thought it would be. In my head, I imagined it very differently, and I don’t think it translated very well. But I gave it a go.

The lights take out the ornaments, for the most part. One of the best parts this year, was the addition of some new (newer) ornaments. We got these in Disneyland, and I love them.

Maybe they don’t mesh with the color theme, but I like them anyway. They’re fun, and they add some life. Merry Christmas everyone! 20 more days!