Putting up the Christmas Tree!

We put up our Christmas tree today. Emma helped out through the entire process. She put up lights:


and garland:


She even helped us put up her stocking, though she wanted to try it on for size first. It turns out that it fit, though it was pretty snug:


And here she is next to it after we hung it up:


And then she helped Grandma and Papa put up some ornaments that were given to us by other people. This one is from Aunt Stephanie:


And this ornament is from Grandma Jean:


And here's the whole family in front of the Christmas tree, after all of the ornaments are up. The dogs were not that interested in participating, but we tried our best to convince them that it was worthwhile: