Christmas Morning

We had a joyous Christmas morning. 

The boys: Finny (our granddog), Andy and Roy woke up first and had a short walk.  Then we awakened the rest of the family and gathered around the fireplace to open stockings. The boys opened their stockings first with lots of treats and goodies.  Then we adults opened ours and went on to our presents from Santa.  The boys watched patiently hoping that they would get some more goodies from our presents.  We had a wonderful Christmas morning that went on into the afternoon.  Then we had a huge Christmas breakfast and all fell asleep around the fire.  I hope all of you who read my blog had a very Merry Christmas too!

Our "Charlie Brown" Christmas Tree

Merry Christmas!

Our tree is all decorated and I am afraid we couldn't hide its many flaws even with a poinsettia trying to cover up the big hole in the center.  But, alas, it has much personality!

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Helping Dad trim the tree.

Dad is getting lots of help with the tree......

Getting our Christmas Tree

For years when our children were little we grew our own Christmas trees.  After a while the trees all got too big or we had already cut them.  This year, we found a real "Charlie Brown" white pine in our yard to decorate.  It is crooked and slightly spindly, but it is ours.  the boys helped pick it out and then helped Dad trim it for the stand.