Friday, December 10, 2010

Nana's Visit--and A GARGANTUAN TREE!

Nana came to visit--she had a fun time, but the kids were the real beneficiaries. Dora still points at photos in the album of her and cries, "Nana! Nana!"


Nana grabbed a photo of me with my angels snuggling on me. It so rarely happens! I'm really going to miss it. They grow up SO FAST!

Nana also watched Dora so we could take Eli to pick out a tree. Here you can pay $5 for a license and go cut one down yourself. They're supposed to be 12 feet at most. We really thought ours was... until we got it home.

Whit's holding it up here...
Eli had a fun time...

Here it is at the house... It was a bit much for the base so we had to lash it to the wall!! Plus, it still hits the ceiling.
After we cut off the top, it just fit. The only problem is that we couldn't reach to decorate the top. So, Whit had to stand on the top of the ladder, utilizing all 6'3" and toss stuff up there! So, it's a bit haphazard up there...

Pretty cool tree for $5, right?

3 comments:

Neighbor Jane Payne said...

That is some tree (spoken of like Charlotte calling Wilbur in Charlotte's Web).

I love the kids' new snow clothes.

Congrats again on baby three? When again?

Grandma Carla said...

Wow - they look so cute in their new clothes! Love the penguin hat on Eli. And yes, the tree is ENORMOUS!!

Cassidy said...

Love the tree!!
I'm glad you've had visitors!