Christmas Tree & Other things

As promised, Christmas tree decorating pictures! Okay, not exactly as promised. I'll be honest. We decorated Sunday night and I totally forgot to take pictures as I untangled ornament hooks and re-hooked some ornaments. However, I never put the bin the ornaments go in away, so Monday morning Cadence decided she was "done" and began putting the ornaments away for me.

So these are actually pictures of Christmas tree decorating, take 2 (okay, so take 3, since Cadence attempted the exact same thing the night before, so we'd decorated it twice Sunday night)

Megan's contribution to the whole ornament hanging thing:


The completed project (though my flash makes the lights look pathetic, lol). There are a lot of them though and they're multi-colored. There's a green jingle-bell ornament near the top that is Megan's special ornament. And the big blue one near the center of the tree was Cadence's pick. The rest are the boring ones we had leftover from previous Christmases.
Anyway, about a week ago the girls and I went to get pictures taken. Originally, I intended the whole thing to be James's Christmas present, but after a fiasco with my coupon and me ending up spending more than originally expected and then using the refund to pay for holiday cards, I told James about the whole thing.

Speaking of, Lifetouch, whoever they're associated with, generally have good customer service. When I complained to them about our experience at JCPenney awhile ago, they sent me coupons for MAJOR savings as an apology. And when I emailed them about the problems with my coupon at Target, they sent me a check for the amount I shouldn't have paid (Of course, by then I'd already sorted the situation out, so I'll be taking the check right back to the studio when it arrives). It may take them a few days to respond, but they DO respond.

Anyway, below are a few pictures. There are more of the girls, of course, but the cutest ones are included in the holiday cards I ordered (If you want one, make sure I have your mailing address! Send me an email or a memo on facebook or whatever). The bottom picture is the picture we ordered for James, so he could have a picture in his toolbox at work.