Christmas Spirit...Before Thanksgiving

The weekend before Thanksgiving, Matt and I decided to put our tree up!
Originally,we were going to go cut one down in the woods with Uncle Jerry & Aunt Kathy. But time became an issue because we were going to Illinois to visit Matt's family for Thanksgiving, and a week and half later, flying to PA to see my family! We like to enjoy our tree, so we decided to put it up early! This is my first year without a real tree. (The few places that were selling real Christmas trees had outrageous prices...so we bought a fake one at Wal-mart for much less! Plus we would be gone a whole week and a real tree would have gotten too dry) It isn't so bad! This tree is pre-lit so we didn't even have to string the lights! We cranked the Christmas music and got all of our decorations up. We were definitely in the Christmas mood before heading out for our Thanksgiving trip!

Here are some more pictures of the apartment. I even pulled out the red pillows from our first apartment set-up in Indiana.

Filling up this hurricane vase with Christmas bulbs made a nice centerpiece!





Do you like how I captured the reflection of the Christmas tree in the mirror above the fireplace? I knew you would be impressed! :)

The little tree by the fireplace doesn't actually belong there...I took this guy to my office at work!












We had our gifts for Matt's family all wrapped and ready to go weeks before we headed to Illinois. They sat here for awhile! This is not normal for me, but it was to fun to be ready ahead of time this year.

And here are our Christmas cards...ready to be mailed out! Look for yours in them mail!