Preparing for Christmas

So we have never had a tree before out of sheer laziness. We always spend Christmas with our parents anyway. This year, though, was going to be different. This year our little boy was going to havea good old fashioned Tannenbaum...or not. We couldn't really find a place to put a tree and were fearful of what Oliver would do to it once it was up. So we compromised...
This way we were able to decorate and display our ornaments without worrying about Oliver breaking/eating them...or the tree!

We also hung up our stockings...

and set up our Nativity Scene (from Mexico on our honeymoon)

Oh how I love Christmas:)

Also, the temple was great. I am so glad we went. We had a quiet, reverent time at the temple and had a great, rowdy time Texas Roadhouse with the Simpsons!