This is the first year that we've actually had a full-sized Christmas tree! I was so excited to put it up but no one would let me until after Thanksgiving (understandable, I guess). :) Chelsee knew how excited I was so we made a whole Christmas day out of it! We made a big breakfast that morning and then started on the tree. She did the actual tree construction... she knows the proper "fluffing" technique! :)
The glow of the tree lights up the whole apartment at night!
We don't have a fireplace, so our stockings just had to be hung on the wall... I'm sure Santa will still be able to find them!
Along with setting up the tree on our Christmas-spirited day, we also built a beautiful gingerbread house!! It looks so much better than the one we tried to build two years ago when we were in Utah!
Since we don't have a real tree but we love the smell of pine, I took some branches from my parents' tree before I left and put them around the house along with pine scented candles. Now it actually smells like Christmas around here!
Dan talked... 
We hugged...
Chelsee and Britt said their proper goodbyes... by karoking Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You"
Senior Girls
