The time has come to head to the backyard and pick out the perfect tree to be this years Christmas tree. Just 10 years ago, Neil and Sandy brought us 21 trees to plant in our backyard. Since we were pretty sure some would not survive the transplant, we planted them all. We were blessed with all of them surviving, unfortunately, as they grow, they are running out of space. It is time to weed some out so the others can grow and spread out. Last year a few trees went to good homes and we decided to do that again this year. One tree left to become the school Christmas tree at ALCS, one will make its way across the street to the Ruhle home, and a third will become our family Christmas tree. Ben and Justin headed outside to choose the perfect one for our house.
Ben and Daddy find the perfect tree in the yard to become the Marthaler Christmas Tree 2010
Ben and Cami both help daddy with sawing the trunk of the tree.
Two strong men pull the tree from the backyard to the front yard to get it ready to put in the house.
Cami takes a quick break to try on the dresses Aladodo and Papa sent her.
Time to open their first present, an ornament for the Christmas tree.
Cami and Ben both find ornaments they made when they were in preschool.
The boys LOVE helping put the ornaments on. It is fun picking out which ones will decorate the tree each year.
Cami gets a little help from daddy to put some ornaments on the top of the tree.
Ian loves Mickey Mouse and trains. His ornament is to remember our time at Disneyland meeting Mickey and also our time this summer at the train museum in Green Bay where he met Thomas the Train.
Cami loved her ballerina ornament, which reminded her of her time at PAC when she took ballet class.
Ben loves Star Wars, so Yoda and the Storm Trooper were a great addition to his ornament collection.
To top off the decorating, Cami and Ian pulled out the Christmas window clings to decorate the front window.
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