...our Alaskan tree! Kind of like a Charlie Brown tree, but maybe not quite so sparse! The kids really wanted a "real" tree this year...its been lots of years since we made the trek in the woods for that elusive perfect tree...several years ago we purchased a perfect fake tree and that has been the tradition for a number of years. So Steve went tree hunting and hiking with the kids and they found a good tree.
After the lights were strung on the tree we set to work stringing popcorn and cranberries...this has become a Christmas tradition. Several long strands later the tree was complete and then we set to work hanging the ornaments. I started a tradition when Ethan was born to purchase ornaments for my kids every year...well almost every year. They each have quite a collection growing, although I took a break from buying o
rnaments for everyone the last several years and just got ones for Ann Marie and Adams, hoping to catch them up a bit. This year I think we have more ornaments than tree, and we actually had to limit the amount of ornaments...the branches were starting to sag! Especially the branches that Adams hung ALL of his 
ornaments!We all had fun decorating the tree this year...as we decorated we wondered what next year will hold and where our tree hunting and decorating traditions will find us?!
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